#73AEE2#73AEE2

#73AEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEE2
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -5.04, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 32.45, 261.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0394 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.098 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9290, 39.4053, 77.6494)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEE2 #E2A773

analogous

#73E2DE #73AEE2 #7377E2

triadic

#73AEE2 #E273AE #AEE273

tetradic

#73AEE2 #DE73E2 #E2A773 #77E273

square

#73AEE2 #DE73E2 #E2A773 #77E273

split-complementary

#73AEE2 #E27377 #E2DE73

monochromatic

#2672B5 #4091D7 #73AEE2 #A6CBED #D8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#73AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEE2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEE2	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6eb',
    500: '#73aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aee2;
$custom-light: #a1c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.108,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEE2

secondary

#EAD7C7

accent

#6D18CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEE2

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

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