#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
RGBrgb(115, 170, 233)
HSLhsl(212, 73%, 68%)
HSVhsv(212, 51%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(50.6%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.22, -0.77, -37.16)
CIE-LCHlch(68.22, 37.17, 268.81°)
OKLaboklab(72.52% -0.0326 -0.1041)
OKLCHoklch(72.52% 0.109 252.6)
XYZxyz(36.1479, 38.2748, 82.5579)
Luminance0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##73AAE91.002.438.668.66
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

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

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#73AAE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva