#73AAE9#73AAE9

#73AAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AAE9
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -0.77, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 37.17, 268.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0326 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.109 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1479, 38.2748, 82.5579)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AAE9 #E9B273

analogous

#73E5E9 #73AAE9 #7773E9

triadic

#73AAE9 #E973AA #AAE973

tetradic

#73AAE9 #E973E5 #E9B273 #73E977

square

#73AAE9 #E973E5 #E9B273 #73E977

split-complementary

#73AAE9 #E97773 #E5E973

monochromatic

#1F6BC3 #3E8AE1 #73AAE9 #A8CAF1 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#73AAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#73AAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AAE9

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AAE9	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f0',
    500: '#73aae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aae9;
$custom-light: #a2c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.034,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AAE9

secondary

#EEDDCA

accent

#7911D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AAE9

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

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