#73AEC2#73AEC2

#73AEC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.068 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEC2
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -13.93, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 21.39, 229.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0508 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.068 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9405, 37.8099, 56.6434)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEC2 #C28773

analogous

#73C2AE #73AEC2 #7386C2

triadic

#73AEC2 #C273AE #AEC273

tetradic

#73AEC2 #AE73C2 #C28773 #86C273

square

#73AEC2 #AE73C2 #C28773 #86C273

split-complementary

#73AEC2 #C27386 #C2AE73

monochromatic

#396F82 #4B94AD #73AEC2 #9EC7D5 #C8DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#73AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#73AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEC2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEC2	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.068 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6d4',
    500: '#73aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aec2;
$custom-light: #9fc6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 39.303,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.06763,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEC2

secondary

#D7C1B9

accent

#5333B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEC2

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

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