#73ABEC#73ABEC

#73ABEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ABEC
RGB	rgb(115, 171, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -0.44, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 38.18, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0328 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.112 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7682, 38.8240, 84.8969)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ABEC #ECB473

analogous

#73E8EC #73ABEC #7873EC

triadic

#73ABEC #EC73AB #ABEC73

tetradic

#73ABEC #EC73E8 #ECB473 #73EC78

square

#73ABEC #EC73E8 #ECB473 #73EC78

split-complementary

#73ABEC #EC7873 #E8EC73

monochromatic

#1B6CC9 #3D8BE5 #73ABEC #A9CBF3 #DFECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#73ABEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#73ABEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ABEC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ABEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ABEC	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73abec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 171, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f2',
    500: '#73abec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73abec;
$custom-light: #a2c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73abec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.231,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ABEC

secondary

#EFDFCC

accent

#7A0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ABEC

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

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