#73AEF4#73AEF4

#73AEF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEF4
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(213, 85%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 0.28, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 40.72, 270.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0339 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.119 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5297, 40.4456, 91.3468)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEF4 #F4B973

analogous

#73EEF4 #73AEF4 #7873F4

triadic

#73AEF4 #F473AE #AEF473

tetradic

#73AEF4 #F473EE #F4B973 #73F478

square

#73AEF4 #F473EE #F4B973 #73F478

split-complementary

#73AEF4 #F47873 #EEF473

monochromatic

#116EDB #3A8DF0 #73AEF4 #ACCFF8 #E3EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#73AEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#73AEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEF4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEF4	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B1F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5f8',
    500: '#73aef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aef4;
$custom-light: #a3c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.558,
    "s": 85.43,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEF4

secondary

#F3E3D0

accent

#7C04E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEF4

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

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