#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
RGBrgb(115, 170, 228)
HSLhsl(211, 68%, 67%)
HSVhsv(211, 50%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(49.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.02, -2.25, -34.75)
CIE-LCHlch(68.02, 34.82, 266.30°)
OKLaboklab(72.29% -0.0341 -0.0972)
OKLCHoklch(72.29% 0.103 250.7)
XYZxyz(35.4437, 37.9931, 78.8494)
Luminance0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##73AAE41.002.448.608.60
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6021.001.001.00
##0000008.6021.001.001.00

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

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#73AAE4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva