#73BAEF#73BAEF

#73BAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.105 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BAEF
RGB	rgb(115, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -7.80, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 34.10, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0489 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.105 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2035, 44.9914, 88.2102)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BAEF #EFA873

analogous

#73EFE6 #73BAEF #737CEF

triadic

#73BAEF #EF73BA #BAEF73

tetradic

#73BAEF #E673EF #EFA873 #7CEF73

square

#73BAEF #E673EF #EFA873 #7CEF73

split-complementary

#73BAEF #EF737C #EFE673

monochromatic

#1881D0 #3C9FE9 #73BAEF #AAD5F5 #E1F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#73BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#73BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BAEF

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BAEF	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.105 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cef4',
    500: '#73baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73baef;
$custom-light: #a3cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.645,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76269,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BAEF

secondary

#F1DCCD

accent

#640ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BAEF

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

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