#73AEE9#73AEE9

#73AEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEE9
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -3.00, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 35.58, 265.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0372 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.106 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9091, 39.7973, 82.8117)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEE9 #E9AE73

analogous

#73E9E9 #73AEE9 #7373E9

triadic

#73AEE9 #E973AE #AEE973

tetradic

#73AEE9 #E973E9 #E9AE73 #73E973

square

#73AEE9 #E973E9 #E9AE73 #73E973

split-complementary

#73AEE9 #E97373 #E9E973

monochromatic

#1F71C3 #3E8FE1 #73AEE9 #A8CDF1 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#73AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#73AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEE9

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEE9	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f0',
    500: '#73aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aee9;
$custom-light: #a2c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73382,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEE9

secondary

#EEDCCA

accent

#7311D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEE9

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

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