#73AEFF#73AEFF

#73AEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEFF
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 3.62, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 46.07, 274.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0309 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.133 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2500, 41.1337, 100.4069)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEFF #FFC473

analogous

#73F4FF #73AEFF #7E73FF

triadic

#73AEFF #FF73AE #AEFF73

tetradic

#73AEFF #FF73F4 #FFC473 #73FF7E

square

#73AEFF #FF73F4 #FFC473 #73FF7E

split-complementary

#73AEFF #FF7E73 #F4FF73

monochromatic

#0068F8 #368BFF #73AEFF #B0D1FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#73AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#73AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEFF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEFF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 256.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74433,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEFF

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEFF

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

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