#73AED8#73AED8

#73AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.087 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AED8
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -7.91, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 28.30, 253.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0427 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.087 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5966, 38.8723, 70.6325)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AED8 #D89D73

analogous

#73D8CF #73AED8 #737CD8

triadic

#73AED8 #D873AE #AED873

tetradic

#73AED8 #CF73D8 #D89D73 #7CD873

square

#73AED8 #CF73D8 #D89D73 #7CD873

split-complementary

#73AED8 #D8737C #D8CF73

monochromatic

#2D72A3 #4392CB #73AED8 #A3CAE5 #D3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#73AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#73AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AED8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AED8	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.087 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e4',
    500: '#73aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aed8;
$custom-light: #a0c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.95,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72637,
    "c": 0.08674,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AED8

secondary

#E5D1C2

accent

#6522C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AED8

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

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