#73B0DB#73B0DB

#73B0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.089 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B0DB
RGB	rgb(115, 176, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -8.15, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 28.95, 253.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0441 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.089 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3772, 39.8074, 72.8235)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B0DB #DB9E73

analogous

#73DBD2 #73B0DB #737CDB

triadic

#73B0DB #DB73B0 #B0DB73

tetradic

#73B0DB #D273DB #DB9E73 #7CDB73

square

#73B0DB #D273DB #DB9E73 #7CDB73

split-complementary

#73B0DB #DB737C #DBD273

monochromatic

#2B75A8 #4295CE #73B0DB #A4CBE8 #D4E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#73B0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#73B0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B0DB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B0DB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 176, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.089 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7e6',
    500: '#73b0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b0db;
$custom-light: #a1c7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.808,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B0DB

secondary

#E6D2C3

accent

#641FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B0DB

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

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