#73AACE#73AACE

#73AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.078 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AACE
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -8.53, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 25.43, 250.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0414 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.078 238)
XYZ	xyz(32.5817, 36.8483, 63.7761)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AACE #CE9773

analogous

#73CEC4 #73AACE #737CCE

triadic

#73AACE #CE73AA #AACE73

tetradic

#73AACE #C473CE #CE9773 #7CCE73

square

#73AACE #C473CE #CE9773 #7CCE73

split-complementary

#73AACE #CE737C #CEC473

monochromatic

#336D93 #468EBE #73AACE #A0C6DE #CEE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#73AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#73AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AACE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AACE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.078 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc3dd',
    500: '#73aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aace;
$custom-light: #9fc3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.736,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.07822,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.36851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AACE

secondary

#DFCBBE

accent

#642ABB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AACE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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