#73ABE9#73ABE9

#73ABE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ABE9
RGB	rgb(115, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -1.33, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 36.76, 267.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0337 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.108 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3360, 38.6511, 82.6206)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ABE9 #E9B173

analogous

#73E6E9 #73ABE9 #7673E9

triadic

#73ABE9 #E973AB #ABE973

tetradic

#73ABE9 #E973E6 #E9B173 #73E976

square

#73ABE9 #E973E6 #E9B173 #73E976

split-complementary

#73ABE9 #E97673 #E6E973

monochromatic

#1F6DC3 #3E8BE1 #73ABE9 #A8CBF1 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#73ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#73ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ABE9

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ABE9	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)

#92AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f0',
    500: '#73abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73abe9;
$custom-light: #a2c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.525,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72732,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ABE9

secondary

#EEDDCA

accent

#7811D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ABE9

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

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