#73AEEC#73AEEC

#73AEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.110 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEEC
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -2.11, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 36.95, 266.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0363 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.11 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3413, 39.9702, 85.0879)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEEC #ECB173

analogous

#73EBEC #73AEEC #7573EC

triadic

#73AEEC #EC73AE #AEEC73

tetradic

#73AEEC #EC73EB #ECB173 #73EC75

square

#73AEEC #EC73EB #ECB173 #73EC75

split-complementary

#73AEEC #EC7573 #EBEC73

monochromatic

#1B70C9 #3D8FE5 #73AEEC #A9CDF3 #DFECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#73AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#73AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEEC

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEEC	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.110 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f2',
    500: '#73aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aeec;
$custom-light: #a2c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.744,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7352,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEEC

secondary

#EFDECC

accent

#750DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEEC

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

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