#73AFFD#73AFFD

#73AFFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFFD
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 253)
HSL	hsl(214, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 2.45, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 44.63, 273.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0325 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.13 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1236, 41.3934, 98.7848)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFFD #FDC173

analogous

#73F4FD #73AFFD #7C73FD

triadic

#73AFFD #FD73AF #AFFD73

tetradic

#73AFFD #FD73F4 #FDC173 #73FD7C

square

#73AFFD #FD73F4 #FDC173 #73FD7C

split-complementary

#73AFFD #FD7C73 #F4FD73

monochromatic

#036BF2 #378DFC #73AFFD #AFD1FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#73AFFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#73AFFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFFD

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFFD	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA6FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73affd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6fe',
    500: '#73affd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73affd;
$custom-light: #a4c6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73affd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFFD

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFFD

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

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