#73B0DC#73B0DC

#73B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.090 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B0DC
RGB	rgb(115, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -7.86, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 29.34, 254.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0437 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.09 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5093, 39.8602, 73.5189)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B0DC #DC9F73

analogous

#73DCD3 #73B0DC #737BDC

triadic

#73B0DC #DC73B0 #B0DC73

tetradic

#73B0DC #D373DC #DC9F73 #7BDC73

square

#73B0DC #D373DC #DC9F73 #7BDC73

split-complementary

#73B0DC #DC737B #DCD373

monochromatic

#2B75AA #4294D0 #73B0DC #A4CCE8 #D5E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#73B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#73B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B0DC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B0DC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.090 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7e7',
    500: '#73b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b0dc;
$custom-light: #a1c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B0DC

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#651EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B0DC

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

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