#73AAEF#73AAEF

#73AAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AAEF
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 1.02, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 40.06, 271.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0308 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.117 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0196, 38.6235, 87.1489)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AAEF #EFB873

analogous

#73E8EF #73AAEF #7A73EF

triadic

#73AAEF #EF73AA #AAEF73

tetradic

#73AAEF #EF73E8 #EFB873 #73EF7A

square

#73AAEF #EF73E8 #EFB873 #73EF7A

split-complementary

#73AAEF #EF7A73 #E8EF73

monochromatic

#1869D0 #3C89E9 #73AAEF #AACBF5 #E1EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#73AAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#73AAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AAEF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AAEF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 254.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.387,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AAEF

secondary

#F1E1CD

accent

#7F0ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AAEF

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

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