#73AED9#73AED9

#73AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.088 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AED9
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -7.62, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 28.69, 254.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0424 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.088 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7263, 38.9242, 71.3154)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AED9 #D99E73

analogous

#73D9D1 #73AED9 #737BD9

triadic

#73AED9 #D973AE #AED973

tetradic

#73AED9 #D173D9 #D99E73 #7BD973

square

#73AED9 #D173D9 #D99E73 #7BD973

split-complementary

#73AED9 #D9737B #D9D173

monochromatic

#2D72A5 #4392CC #73AED9 #A3CAE6 #D3E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#73AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#73AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AED9

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AED9	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.088 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e5',
    500: '#73aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aed9;
$custom-light: #a0c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.294,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AED9

secondary

#E5D1C3

accent

#6621C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AED9

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

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