#73B3EB#73B3EB

#73B3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3EB
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -5.16, -34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 34.66, 261.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0423 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.105 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1804, 41.8802, 84.6529)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3EB #EBAB73

analogous

#73EBE7 #73B3EB #7377EB

triadic

#73B3EB #EB73B3 #B3EB73

tetradic

#73B3EB #E773EB #EBAB73 #77EB73

square

#73B3EB #E773EB #EBAB73 #77EB73

split-complementary

#73B3EB #EB7377 #EBE773

monochromatic

#1C77C7 #3D96E3 #73B3EB #A9D0F3 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#73B3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3EB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3EB	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9f1',
    500: '#73b3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3eb;
$custom-light: #a2c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74561,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3EB

secondary

#EFDCCB

accent

#6C0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3EB

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

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