#73AFE6#73AFE6

#73AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFE6
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -4.43, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 33.86, 262.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0393 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.102 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6781, 40.0152, 80.6385)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFE6 #E6AA73

analogous

#73E6E4 #73AFE6 #7375E6

triadic

#73AFE6 #E673AF #AFE673

tetradic

#73AFE6 #E473E6 #E6AA73 #75E673

square

#73AFE6 #E473E6 #E6AA73 #75E673

split-complementary

#73AFE6 #E67375 #E6E473

monochromatic

#2273BD #3F91DD #73AFE6 #A7CDEF #DBEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#73AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#73AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFE6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFE6	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ee',
    500: '#73afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afe6;
$custom-light: #a1c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFE6

secondary

#ECDAC9

accent

#6F14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFE6

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

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