#73B2DD#73B2DD

#73B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.090 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B2DD
RGB	rgb(115, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -8.66, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 29.21, 252.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0457 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.09 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0372, 40.7034, 74.3501)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B2DD #DD9E73

analogous

#73DDD3 #73B2DD #737DDD

triadic

#73B2DD #DD73B2 #B2DD73

tetradic

#73B2DD #D373DD #DD9E73 #7DDD73

square

#73B2DD #D373DD #DD9E73 #7DDD73

split-complementary

#73B2DD #DD737D #DDD373

monochromatic

#2A77AC #4297D1 #73B2DD #A4CDE9 #D5E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#73B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#73B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B2DD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B2DD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.090 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9e7',
    500: '#73b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b2dd;
$custom-light: #a1c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.34,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B2DD

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#631DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B2DD

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

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