#73BAE1#73BAE1

#73BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.091 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BAE1
RGB	rgb(115, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -11.82, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 28.93, 245.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0537 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.091 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2148, 44.1959, 77.7364)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BAE1 #E19A73

analogous

#73E1D1 #73BAE1 #7383E1

triadic

#73BAE1 #E173BA #BAE173

tetradic

#73BAE1 #D173E1 #E19A73 #83E173

square

#73BAE1 #D173E1 #E19A73 #83E173

split-complementary

#73BAE1 #E17383 #E1D173

monochromatic

#2681B3 #41A1D6 #73BAE1 #A5D3EC #D8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#73BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BAE1

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BAE1	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.091 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ceea',
    500: '#73bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bae1;
$custom-light: #a1ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75677,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BAE1

secondary

#EAD3C6

accent

#5919CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BAE1

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

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