#73AFDE#73AFDE

#73AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFDE
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -6.74, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 30.44, 257.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0419 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.093 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5804, 39.5761, 74.8571)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFDE #DEA273

analogous

#73DED7 #73AFDE #7379DE

triadic

#73AFDE #DE73AF #AFDE73

tetradic

#73AFDE #D773DE #DEA273 #79DE73

square

#73AFDE #D773DE #DEA273 #79DE73

split-complementary

#73AFDE #DE7379 #DED773

monochromatic

#2973AE #4193D2 #73AFDE #A5CBEA #D6E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#73AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFDE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFDE	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6e8',
    500: '#73afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afde;
$custom-light: #a1c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.355,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFDE

secondary

#E8D4C5

accent

#681CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFDE

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

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