#73AEF8#73AEF8

#73AEF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEF8
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(213, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 1.49, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 42.65, 272.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0328 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.124 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1436, 40.6911, 94.5802)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEF8 #F8BD73

analogous

#73F1F8 #73AEF8 #7A73F8

triadic

#73AEF8 #F873AE #AEF873

tetradic

#73AEF8 #F873F1 #F8BD73 #73F87A

square

#73AEF8 #F873F1 #F8BD73 #73F87A

split-complementary

#73AEF8 #F87A73 #F1F873

monochromatic

#0B6CE5 #398CF5 #73AEF8 #ADD0FB #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#73AEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#73AEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEF8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEF8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA5F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fb',
    500: '#73aef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aef8;
$custom-light: #a3c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.383,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEF8

secondary

#F5E5D2

accent

#8000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEF8

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

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