#73AEF9#73AEF9

#73AEF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEF9
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(214, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 1.79, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 43.13, 272.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0325 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.126 255)
XYZ	xyz(39.2992, 40.7534, 95.3994)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEF9 #F9BE73

analogous

#73F1F9 #73AEF9 #7B73F9

triadic

#73AEF9 #F973AE #AEF973

tetradic

#73AEF9 #F973F1 #F9BE73 #73F97B

square

#73AEF9 #F973F1 #F9BE73 #73F97B

split-complementary

#73AEF9 #F97B73 #F1F973

monochromatic

#0A6CE8 #388CF6 #73AEF9 #AED0FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#73AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#73AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEF9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEF9	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA5F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fb',
    500: '#73aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aef9;
$custom-light: #a3c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.582,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEF9

secondary

#F5E6D2

accent

#8000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEF9

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

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