#73B3DB#73B3DB

#73B3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.088 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3DB
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -9.77, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 28.23, 249.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0476 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.088 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9720, 40.9968, 73.0217)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3DB #DB9B73

analogous

#73DBCF #73B3DB #737FDB

triadic

#73B3DB #DB73B3 #B3DB73

tetradic

#73B3DB #CF73DB #DB9B73 #7FDB73

square

#73B3DB #CF73DB #DB9B73 #7FDB73

split-complementary

#73B3DB #DB737F #DBCF73

monochromatic

#2B78A8 #4299CE #73B3DB #A4CDE8 #D4E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#73B3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#73B3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3DB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3DB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.088 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9e6',
    500: '#73b3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3db;
$custom-light: #a1c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73872,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3DB

secondary

#E6D1C3

accent

#5F1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3DB

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

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