#73ACEF#73ACEF

#73ACEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.115 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ACEF
RGB	rgb(115, 172, 239)
HSL	hsl(212, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -0.10, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 39.19, 269.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0331 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.115 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3973, 39.3790, 87.2748)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ACEF #EFB673

analogous

#73EAEF #73ACEF #7873EF

triadic

#73ACEF #EF73AC #ACEF73

tetradic

#73ACEF #EF73EA #EFB673 #73EF78

square

#73ACEF #EF73EA #EFB673 #73EF78

split-complementary

#73ACEF #EF7873 #EAEF73

monochromatic

#186CD0 #3C8BE9 #73ACEF #AACDF5 #E1EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#73ACEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#73ACEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ACEF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ACEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ACEF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73acef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 172, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.115 253.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73acef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.419,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ACEF

secondary

#F1E0CD

accent

#7B0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ACEF

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

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