#73AEDD#73AEDD

#73AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.092 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEDD
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -6.48, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 30.32, 257.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.041 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.092 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2529, 39.1348, 74.0887)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEDD #DDA273

analogous

#73DDD7 #73AEDD #7379DD

triadic

#73AEDD #DD73AE #AEDD73

tetradic

#73AEDD #D773DD #DDA273 #79DD73

square

#73AEDD #D773DD #DDA273 #79DD73

split-complementary

#73AEDD #DD7379 #DDD773

monochromatic

#2A72AC #4292D1 #73AEDD #A4CAE9 #D5E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#73AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#73AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEDD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEDD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.092 243.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.604,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7285,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEDD

secondary

#E7D4C4

accent

#691DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEDD

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

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