#73AFE9#73AFE9

#73AFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFE9
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -3.55, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 35.20, 264.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0383 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.105 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1030, 40.1851, 82.8763)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFE9 #E9AD73

analogous

#73E9E8 #73AFE9 #7374E9

triadic

#73AFE9 #E973AF #AFE973

tetradic

#73AFE9 #E873E9 #E9AD73 #74E973

square

#73AFE9 #E873E9 #E9AD73 #74E973

split-complementary

#73AFE9 #E97374 #E9E873

monochromatic

#1F72C3 #3E91E1 #73AFE9 #A8CDF1 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#73AFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#73AFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFE9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFE9	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f0',
    500: '#73afe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afe9;
$custom-light: #a2c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.492,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFE9

secondary

#EEDCCA

accent

#7111D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFE9

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

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