#73B3EF#73B3EF

#73B3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3EF
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 25.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -3.98, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 36.41, 263.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.041 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.109 248)
XYZ	xyz(38.7648, 42.1140, 87.7307)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3EF #EFAF73

analogous

#73EFED #73B3EF #7375EF

triadic

#73B3EF #EF73B3 #B3EF73

tetradic

#73B3EF #ED73EF #EFAF73 #75EF73

square

#73B3EF #ED73EF #EFAF73 #75EF73

split-complementary

#73B3EF #EF7375 #EFED73

monochromatic

#1877D0 #3C95E9 #73B3EF #AAD1F5 #E1EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#73B3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#73B3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3EF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3EF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9f4',
    500: '#73b3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3ef;
$custom-light: #a2c9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.42117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3EF

secondary

#F1DECD

accent

#6F0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3EF

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

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