#73AEFB#73AEFB

#73AEFB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEFB
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 251)
HSL	hsl(214, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 2.40, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 44.11, 273.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.032 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.128 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6128, 40.8788, 97.0510)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEFB #FBC073

analogous

#73F2FB #73AEFB #7C73FB

triadic

#73AEFB #FB73AE #AEFB73

tetradic

#73AEFB #FB73F2 #FBC073 #73FB7C

square

#73AEFB #FB73F2 #FBC073 #73FB7C

split-complementary

#73AEFB #FB7C73 #F2FB73

monochromatic

#076BED #388CF9 #73AEFB #AFD0FD #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#73AEFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#73AEFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEFB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEFB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB3FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA5F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aefb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5fd',
    500: '#73aefb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aefb;
$custom-light: #a4c5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aefb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.971,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEFB

secondary

#F6E7D4

accent

#8200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEFB

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

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