#73AFEF#73AFEF

#73AFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFEF
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -1.77, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 37.95, 267.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0365 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.112 251)
XYZ	xyz(37.9747, 40.5338, 87.4673)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFEF #EFB373

analogous

#73EDEF #73AFEF #7573EF

triadic

#73AFEF #EF73AF #AFEF73

tetradic

#73AFEF #EF73ED #EFB373 #73EF75

square

#73AFEF #EF73ED #EFB373 #73EF75

split-complementary

#73AFEF #EF7573 #EDEF73

monochromatic

#1871D0 #3C90E9 #73AFEF #AACEF5 #E1EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#73AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#73AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFEF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFEF	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f4',
    500: '#73afef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afef;
$custom-light: #a2c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73875,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFEF

secondary

#F1DFCD

accent

#760ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFEF

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

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