#73AAD9#73AAD9

#73AAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.090 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AAD9
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 217)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 21.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -5.43, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 29.88, 259.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0376 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.09 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9650, 37.4016, 71.0616)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AAD9 #D9A273

analogous

#73D9D5 #73AAD9 #7377D9

triadic

#73AAD9 #D973AA #AAD973

tetradic

#73AAD9 #D573D9 #D9A273 #77D973

square

#73AAD9 #D573D9 #D9A273 #77D973

split-complementary

#73AAD9 #D97377 #D9D573

monochromatic

#2D6EA5 #438DCC #73AAD9 #A3C7E6 #D3E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#73AAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#73AAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AAD9

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AAD9	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.090 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e5',
    500: '#73aad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aad9;
$custom-light: #a0c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.647,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AAD9

secondary

#E5D3C3

accent

#6C21C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AAD9

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

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