#73AEDC#73AEDC

#73AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.091 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEDC
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -6.77, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 29.91, 256.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0414 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.091 243)
XYZ	xyz(35.1200, 39.0817, 73.3891)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEDC #DCA173

analogous

#73DCD6 #73AEDC #7379DC

triadic

#73AEDC #DC73AE #AEDC73

tetradic

#73AEDC #D673DC #DCA173 #79DC73

square

#73AEDC #D673DC #DCA173 #79DC73

split-complementary

#73AEDC #DC7379 #DCD673

monochromatic

#2B72AA #4292D0 #73AEDC #A4CAE8 #D5E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#73AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#73AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEDC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEDC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.091 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e7',
    500: '#73aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aedc;
$custom-light: #a1c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEDC

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#681EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEDC

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

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