#73ACED#73ACED

#73ACED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ACED
RGB	rgb(115, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(212, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -0.70, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 38.24, 268.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0337 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.112 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1035, 39.2615, 85.7274)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#73ACED #EDB473

analogous

#73E9ED #73ACED #7773ED

triadic

#73ACED #ED73AC #ACED73

tetradic

#73ACED #ED73E9 #EDB473 #73ED77

square

#73ACED #ED73E9 #EDB473 #73ED77

split-complementary

#73ACED #ED7773 #E9ED73

monochromatic

#1A6DCB #3D8CE6 #73ACED #A9CCF4 #DFECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#73ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#73ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ACED

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ACED	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4f3',
    500: '#73aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aced;
$custom-light: #a2c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.967,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ACED

secondary

#F0DFCC

accent

#790CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ACED

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

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