#73AFCE#73AFCE

#73AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.077 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFCE
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -11.23, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 24.52, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0475 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.077 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5369, 38.7587, 64.0945)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFCE #CE9273

analogous

#73CEC0 #73AFCE #7381CE

triadic

#73AFCE #CE73AF #AFCE73

tetradic

#73AFCE #C073CE #CE9273 #81CE73

square

#73AFCE #C073CE #CE9273 #81CE73

split-complementary

#73AFCE #CE7381 #CEC073

monochromatic

#337393 #4695BE #73AFCE #A0C9DE #CEE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#73AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#73AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFCE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFCE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.077 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6dd',
    500: '#73afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afce;
$custom-light: #9fc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.44,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.07673,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFCE

secondary

#DFC9BE

accent

#5C2ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFCE

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

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