#73ADE9#73ADE9

#73ADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ADE9
RGB	rgb(115, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -2.44, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 35.96, 266.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.036 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.107 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7167, 39.4124, 82.7475)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ADE9 #E9AF73

analogous

#73E8E9 #73ADE9 #7473E9

triadic

#73ADE9 #E973AD #ADE973

tetradic

#73ADE9 #E973E8 #E9AF73 #73E974

square

#73ADE9 #E973E8 #E9AF73 #73E974

split-complementary

#73ADE9 #E97473 #E8E973

monochromatic

#1F6FC3 #3E8EE1 #73ADE9 #A8CCF1 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#73ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ADE9

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ADE9	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f0',
    500: '#73ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73ade9;
$custom-light: #a2c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.508,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73165,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ADE9

secondary

#EEDCCA

accent

#7411D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ADE9

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

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