#73AEE7#73AEE7

#73AEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEE7
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -3.58, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 34.67, 264.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0378 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.104 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6250, 39.6837, 81.3155)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEE7 #E7AC73

analogous

#73E7E6 #73AEE7 #7374E7

triadic

#73AEE7 #E773AE #AEE773

tetradic

#73AEE7 #E673E7 #E7AC73 #74E773

square

#73AEE7 #E673E7 #E7AC73 #74E773

split-complementary

#73AEE7 #E77374 #E7E673

monochromatic

#2171BF #3F90DE #73AEE7 #A7CCF0 #DBEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#73AEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#73AEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEE7

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEE7	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ee',
    500: '#73aee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aee7;
$custom-light: #a2c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.483,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEE7

secondary

#EDDBC9

accent

#7113D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEE7

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

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