#73ACE4#73ACE4

#73ACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ACE4
RGB	rgb(115, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -3.36, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.05, 264.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0364 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.101 249)
XYZ	xyz(35.8215, 38.7487, 78.9753)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ACE4 #E4AB73

analogous

#73E4E4 #73ACE4 #7373E4

triadic

#73ACE4 #E473AC #ACE473

tetradic

#73ACE4 #E473E4 #E4AB73 #73E473

square

#73ACE4 #E473E4 #E4AB73 #73E473

split-complementary

#73ACE4 #E47373 #E4E473

monochromatic

#246FB9 #408EDA #73ACE4 #A6CAEE #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#73ACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#73ACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ACE4

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ACE4	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73ace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4ec',
    500: '#73ace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73ace4;
$custom-light: #a1c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73ace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.735,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7272,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.38751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ACE4

secondary

#EBD9C8

accent

#7216D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ACE4

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

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