#73AAEE#73AAEE

#73AAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AAEE
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 0.72, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 39.57, 271.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0311 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.115 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8722, 38.5645, 86.3730)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AAEE #EEB773

analogous

#73E7EE #73AAEE #7A73EE

triadic

#73AAEE #EE73AA #AAEE73

tetradic

#73AAEE #EE73E7 #EEB773 #73EE7A

square

#73AAEE #EE73E7 #EEB773 #73EE7A

split-complementary

#73AAEE #EE7A73 #E7EE73

monochromatic

#196ACE #3C89E7 #73AAEE #AACBF5 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#73AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#73AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AAEE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AAEE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f4',
    500: '#73aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aaee;
$custom-light: #a2c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.171,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72752,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AAEE

secondary

#F0E0CD

accent

#7E0BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AAEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →