#73ADE4#73ADE4

#73ADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ADE4
RGB	rgb(115, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -3.91, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 33.69, 263.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0376 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.101 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0125, 39.1307, 79.0390)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#73ADE4 #E4AA73

analogous

#73E4E3 #73ADE4 #7374E4

triadic

#73ADE4 #E473AD #ADE473

tetradic

#73ADE4 #E373E4 #E4AA73 #74E473

square

#73ADE4 #E373E4 #E4AA73 #74E473

split-complementary

#73ADE4 #E47374 #E4E373

monochromatic

#2470B9 #408FDA #73ADE4 #A6CBEE #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#73ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#73ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ADE4

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ADE4	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5ec',
    500: '#73ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73ade4;
$custom-light: #a1c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.204,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ADE4

secondary

#EBD9C8

accent

#7016D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ADE4

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

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