#73AEFE#73AEFE

#73AEFE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEFE
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 254)
HSL	hsl(215, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 3.32, -45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 45.58, 274.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0312 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.132 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0894, 41.0694, 99.5613)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEFE #FEC373

analogous

#73F4FE #73AEFE #7D73FE

triadic

#73AEFE #FE73AE #AEFE73

tetradic

#73AEFE #FE73F4 #FEC373 #73FE7D

square

#73AEFE #FE73F4 #FEC373 #73FE7D

split-complementary

#73AEFE #FE7D73 #F4FE73

monochromatic

#0269F5 #368BFE #73AEFE #B0D1FE #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#73AEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#73AEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEFE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEFE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5ff',
    500: '#73aefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aefe;
$custom-light: #a4c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.532,
    "s": 98.582,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74383,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEFE

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEFE

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

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