#73B3DD#73B3DD

#73B3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.090 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3DD
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -9.20, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 28.97, 251.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0469 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.09 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2368, 41.1028, 74.4167)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3DD #DD9D73

analogous

#73DDD2 #73B3DD #737EDD

triadic

#73B3DD #DD73B3 #B3DD73

tetradic

#73B3DD #D273DD #DD9D73 #7EDD73

square

#73B3DD #D273DD #DD9D73 #7EDD73

split-complementary

#73B3DD #DD737E #DDD273

monochromatic

#2A78AC #4298D1 #73B3DD #A4CEE9 #D5E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#73B3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#73B3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3DD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3DD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.090 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9e7',
    500: '#73b3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3dd;
$custom-light: #a1c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.774,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3DD

secondary

#E7D2C4

accent

#611DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3DD

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

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