#73ACE3#73ACE3

#73ACE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.100 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ACE3
RGB	rgb(115, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -3.65, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 33.60, 263.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0367 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.1 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6831, 38.6933, 78.2464)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ACE3 #E3AA73

analogous

#73E3E2 #73ACE3 #7374E3

triadic

#73ACE3 #E373AC #ACE373

tetradic

#73ACE3 #E273E3 #E3AA73 #74E373

square

#73ACE3 #E273E3 #E3AA73 #74E373

split-complementary

#73ACE3 #E37374 #E3E273

monochromatic

#256FB7 #408ED9 #73ACE3 #A6CAED #D9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#73ACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#73ACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ACE3

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ACE3	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73ace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.100 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4ec',
    500: '#73ace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73ace3;
$custom-light: #a1c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73ace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.464,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ACE3

secondary

#EBD9C7

accent

#7117CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ACE3

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

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