#73AFE8#73AFE8

#73AFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFE8
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -3.84, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 34.75, 263.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0386 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.104 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9606, 40.1282, 82.1261)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFE8 #E8AC73

analogous

#73E8E7 #73AFE8 #7374E8

triadic

#73AFE8 #E873AF #AFE873

tetradic

#73AFE8 #E773E8 #E8AC73 #74E873

square

#73AFE8 #E773E8 #E8AC73 #74E873

split-complementary

#73AFE8 #E87374 #E8E773

monochromatic

#2072C1 #3E91DF #73AFE8 #A8CDF1 #DCEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#73AFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#73AFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFE8

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFE8	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6ef',
    500: '#73afe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afe8;
$custom-light: #a2c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73554,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFE8

secondary

#EDDBCA

accent

#7012D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFE8

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

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