#73AEEF#73AEEF

#73AEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEEF
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -1.22, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 38.35, 268.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0354 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.113 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7808, 40.1460, 87.4027)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEEF #EFB473

analogous

#73ECEF #73AEEF #7673EF

triadic

#73AEEF #EF73AE #AEEF73

tetradic

#73AEEF #EF73EC #EFB473 #73EF76

square

#73AEEF #EF73EC #EFB473 #73EF76

split-complementary

#73AEEF #EF7673 #ECEF73

monochromatic

#186FD0 #3C8EE9 #73AEEF #AACEF5 #E1EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#73AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#73AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEEF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEEF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f4',
    500: '#73aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aeef;
$custom-light: #a2c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.452,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEEF

secondary

#F1E0CD

accent

#780ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEEF

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

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