#73BAE4#73BAE4

#73BAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.094 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BAE4
RGB	rgb(115, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -10.97, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 29.95, 248.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0526 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.094 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6277, 44.3610, 79.9107)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BAE4 #E49D73

analogous

#73E4D6 #73BAE4 #7381E4

triadic

#73BAE4 #E473BA #BAE473

tetradic

#73BAE4 #D673E4 #E49D73 #81E473

square

#73BAE4 #D673E4 #E49D73 #81E473

split-complementary

#73BAE4 #E47381 #E4D673

monochromatic

#2481B9 #40A1DA #73BAE4 #A6D3EE #DAEDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#73BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BAE4

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BAE4	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.094 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ceec',
    500: '#73bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bae4;
$custom-light: #a2ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.301,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BAE4

secondary

#EBD5C8

accent

#5B16D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BAE4

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

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