#73AEE3#73AEE3

#73AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.099 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEE3
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -4.75, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 32.89, 261.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0391 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.099 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0666, 39.4603, 78.3742)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEE3 #E3A873

analogous

#73E3E0 #73AEE3 #7376E3

triadic

#73AEE3 #E373AE #AEE373

tetradic

#73AEE3 #E073E3 #E3A873 #76E373

square

#73AEE3 #E073E3 #E3A873 #76E373

split-complementary

#73AEE3 #E37376 #E3E073

monochromatic

#2572B7 #4090D9 #73AEE3 #A6CCED #D9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#73AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEE3

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEE3	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.099 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ec',
    500: '#73aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aee3;
$custom-light: #a1c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.393,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73112,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEE3

secondary

#EBD8C7

accent

#6E17CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEE3

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

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