#73B4DC#73B4DC

#73B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.088 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4DC
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -10.02, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 28.38, 249.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0484 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.088 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3052, 41.4519, 73.7842)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4DC #DC9B73

analogous

#73DCCF #73B4DC #737FDC

triadic

#73B4DC #DC73B4 #B4DC73

tetradic

#73B4DC #CF73DC #DC9B73 #7FDC73

square

#73B4DC #CF73DC #DC9B73 #7FDC73

split-complementary

#73B4DC #DC737F #DCCF73

monochromatic

#2B79AA #429AD0 #73B4DC #A4CEE8 #D5E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#73B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#73B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4DC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4DC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.088 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cae7',
    500: '#73b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4dc;
$custom-light: #a1cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4DC

secondary

#E7D1C4

accent

#5F1EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4DC

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

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