#73AAE7#73AAE7

#73AAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AAE7
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -1.36, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 36.22, 267.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0332 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.107 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8638, 38.1611, 81.0618)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AAE7 #E7B073

analogous

#73E4E7 #73AAE7 #7673E7

triadic

#73AAE7 #E773AA #AAE773

tetradic

#73AAE7 #E773E4 #E7B073 #73E776

square

#73AAE7 #E773E4 #E7B073 #73E776

split-complementary

#73AAE7 #E77673 #E4E773

monochromatic

#216CBF #3F8ADE #73AAE7 #A7CAF0 #DBE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#73AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#73AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AAE7

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AAE7	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ef',
    500: '#73aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aae7;
$custom-light: #a1c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.552,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AAE7

secondary

#EDDCC9

accent

#7813D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AAE7

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

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