#73B2DB#73B2DB

#73B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.088 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#73B2DB
RGBrgb(115, 178, 219)
HSLhsl(204, 59%, 65%)
HSVhsv(204, 47%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(47.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.89, -9.23, -26.92)
CIE-LCHlch(69.89, 28.46, 251.07°)
OKLaboklab(73.65% -0.0464 -0.0748)
OKLCHoklch(73.65% 0.088 238.2)
XYZxyz(35.7723, 40.5975, 72.9551)
Luminance0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#73B2DB #DB9C73
analogous
#73DBD0 #73B2DB #737EDB
triadic
#73B2DB #DB73B2 #B2DB73
tetradic
#73B2DB #D073DB #DB9C73 #7EDB73
square
#73B2DB #D073DB #DB9C73 #7EDB73
split-complementary
#73B2DB #DB737E #DBD073
monochromatic
#2B77A8 #4297CE #73B2DB #A4CDE8 #D4E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#73B2DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#73B2DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B2DB
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##73B2DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##73B2DB1.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B1DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A6DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#42BCBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #73b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.088 238.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9e6',
    500: '#73b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #73b2db;
$custom-light: #a1c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#73b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.654,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#73B2DB
secondary
#E6D1C3
accent
#611FC7
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FC
border
#CED1D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#73B2DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva