#73AEC7#73AEC7

#73AEC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.071 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEC7
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -12.60, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 22.58, 236.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0489 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.071 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5115, 38.0383, 59.6507)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEC7 #C78C73

analogous

#73C7B6 #73AEC7 #7384C7

triadic

#73AEC7 #C773AE #AEC773

tetradic

#73AEC7 #B673C7 #C78C73 #84C773

square

#73AEC7 #B673C7 #C78C73 #84C773

split-complementary

#73AEC7 #C77384 #C7B673

monochromatic

#377089 #4894B5 #73AEC7 #9FC7D8 #CAE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#73AEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#73AEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEC7

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEC7	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ABC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.071 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6d8',
    500: '#73aec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aec7;
$custom-light: #9fc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEC7

secondary

#DBC5BB

accent

#5830B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEC7

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

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