#73AEDB#73AEDB

#73AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.090 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEDB
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -7.06, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 29.50, 256.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0417 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.09 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9880, 39.0289, 72.6937)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEDB #DBA073

analogous

#73DBD4 #73AEDB #737ADB

triadic

#73AEDB #DB73AE #AEDB73

tetradic

#73AEDB #D473DB #DBA073 #7ADB73

square

#73AEDB #D473DB #DBA073 #7ADB73

split-complementary

#73AEDB #DB737A #DBD473

monochromatic

#2B72A8 #4292CE #73AEDB #A4CAE8 #D4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#73AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#73AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEDB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEDB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.090 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e6',
    500: '#73aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aedb;
$custom-light: #a0c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.962,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEDB

secondary

#E6D3C3

accent

#671FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEDB

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

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