#73B1EB#73B1EB

#73B1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.106 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#73B1EB
RGBrgb(115, 177, 235)
HSLhsl(209, 75%, 69%)
HSVhsv(209, 51%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(51.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.23, -4.06, -35.13)
CIE-LCHlch(70.23, 35.36, 263.40°)
OKLaboklab(74.13% -0.04 -0.0982)
OKLCHoklch(74.13% 0.106 247.8)
XYZxyz(37.7825, 41.0843, 84.5202)
Luminance0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#73B1EB #EBAD73
analogous
#73EBE9 #73B1EB #7375EB
triadic
#73B1EB #EB73B1 #B1EB73
tetradic
#73B1EB #E973EB #EBAD73 #75EB73
square
#73B1EB #E973EB #EBAD73 #75EB73
split-complementary
#73B1EB #EB7375 #EBE973
monochromatic
#1C75C7 #3D93E3 #73B1EB #A9CFF3 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#73B1EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22
#73B1EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B1EB
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##73B1EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##73B1EB1.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99B2EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A6EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#33BFC5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #73b1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 177, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.106 247.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f1',
    500: '#73b1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #73b1eb;
$custom-light: #a2c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#73b1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74125,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#73B1EB
secondary
#EFDCCB
accent
#6F0ED7
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#73B1EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva