#73AAE4#73AAE4

#73AAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AAE4
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -2.25, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 34.82, 266.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0341 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.103 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4437, 37.9931, 78.8494)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AAE4 #E4AD73

analogous

#73E3E4 #73AAE4 #7473E4

triadic

#73AAE4 #E473AA #AAE473

tetradic

#73AAE4 #E473E3 #E4AD73 #73E474

square

#73AAE4 #E473E3 #E4AD73 #73E474

split-complementary

#73AAE4 #E47473 #E3E473

monochromatic

#246CB9 #408BDA #73AAE4 #A6C9EE #DAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#73AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#73AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AAE4

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AAE4	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ec',
    500: '#73aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aae4;
$custom-light: #a1c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.796,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AAE4

secondary

#EBDAC8

accent

#7516D0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AAE4

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

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