#73AFD4#73AFD4

#73AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.082 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFD4
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -9.57, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 26.55, 248.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0453 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.082 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2797, 39.0558, 68.0067)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFD4 #D49873

analogous

#73D4C9 #73AFD4 #737FD4

triadic

#73AFD4 #D473AF #AFD473

tetradic

#73AFD4 #C973D4 #D49873 #7FD473

square

#73AFD4 #C973D4 #D49873 #7FD473

split-complementary

#73AFD4 #D4737F #D4C973

monochromatic

#30739D #4494C6 #73AFD4 #A2CAE2 #D1E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#73AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#73AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFD4

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFD4	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.082 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e1',
    500: '#73afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afd4;
$custom-light: #a0c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.887,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72693,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFD4

secondary

#E2CDC0

accent

#6025C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFD4

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

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