#73BAE0#73BAE0

#73BAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.090 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BAE0
RGB	rgb(115, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -12.11, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 28.61, 244.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.054 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.09 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0788, 44.1415, 77.0201)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BAE0 #E09973

analogous

#73E0CF #73BAE0 #7384E0

triadic

#73BAE0 #E073BA #BAE073

tetradic

#73BAE0 #CF73E0 #E09973 #84E073

square

#73BAE0 #CF73E0 #E09973 #84E073

split-complementary

#73BAE0 #E07384 #E0CF73

monochromatic

#2781B1 #41A1D5 #73BAE0 #A5D3EB #D7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#73BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#73BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BAE0

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BAE0	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.090 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cee9',
    500: '#73bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bae0;
$custom-light: #a1cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.917,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75637,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BAE0

secondary

#E9D2C6

accent

#581ACC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BAE0

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

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