#73AEE8#73AEE8

#73AEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEE8
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(210, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -3.29, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 35.12, 264.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0375 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.105 249)
XYZ	xyz(36.7667, 39.7403, 82.0615)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEE8 #E8AD73

analogous

#73E8E8 #73AEE8 #7373E8

triadic

#73AEE8 #E873AE #AEE873

tetradic

#73AEE8 #E873E8 #E8AD73 #73E873

square

#73AEE8 #E873E8 #E8AD73 #73E873

split-complementary

#73AEE8 #E87373 #E8E873

monochromatic

#2071C1 #3E90DF #73AEE8 #A8CCF1 #DCEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#73AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#73AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEE8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEE8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ef',
    500: '#73aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aee8;
$custom-light: #a2c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.744,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73337,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.39743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEE8

secondary

#EDDBCA

accent

#7212D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEE8

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

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