#73ACEE#73ACEE

#73ACEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ACEE
RGB	rgb(115, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(212, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -0.40, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 38.71, 269.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0334 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.114 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2500, 39.3201, 86.4989)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ACEE #EEB573

analogous

#73EAEE #73ACEE #7873EE

triadic

#73ACEE #EE73AC #ACEE73

tetradic

#73ACEE #EE73EA #EEB573 #73EE78

square

#73ACEE #EE73EA #EEB573 #73EE78

split-complementary

#73ACEE #EE7873 #EAEE73

monochromatic

#196DCE #3C8CE7 #73ACEE #AACCF5 #E0EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#73ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#73ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ACEE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ACEE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4f4',
    500: '#73acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73acee;
$custom-light: #a2c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.195,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73182,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ACEE

secondary

#F0E0CD

accent

#7A0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ACEE

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

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