#73AECE#73AECE

#73AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.077 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AECE
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -10.70, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 24.67, 244.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0463 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.077 233)
XYZ	xyz(33.3430, 38.3709, 64.0299)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AECE #CE9373

analogous

#73CEC0 #73AECE #7380CE

triadic

#73AECE #CE73AE #AECE73

tetradic

#73AECE #C073CE #CE9373 #80CE73

square

#73AECE #C073CE #CE9373 #80CE73

split-complementary

#73AECE #CE7380 #CEC073

monochromatic

#337193 #4694BE #73AECE #A0C8DE #CEE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#73AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#73AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AECE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AECE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.077 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6dd',
    500: '#73aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aece;
$custom-light: #9fc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.099,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.07695,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.38373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AECE

secondary

#DFCABE

accent

#5D2ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AECE

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

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