#73A9DB#73A9DB

#73A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.093 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A9DB
RGB	rgb(115, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -4.31, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 31.09, 262.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0358 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.093 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0400, 37.1328, 72.3777)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A9DB #DBA573

analogous

#73DBD9 #73A9DB #7375DB

triadic

#73A9DB #DB73A9 #A9DB73

tetradic

#73A9DB #D973DB #DBA573 #75DB73

square

#73A9DB #D973DB #DBA573 #75DB73

split-complementary

#73A9DB #DB7375 #DBD973

monochromatic

#2B6CA8 #428BCE #73A9DB #A4C7E8 #D4E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#73A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#73A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A9DB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A9DB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.093 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c2e6',
    500: '#73a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a9db;
$custom-light: #a0c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.846,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71663,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A9DB

secondary

#E6D4C3

accent

#701FC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A9DB

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

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