#73B4DD#73B4DD

#73B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.089 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4DD
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -9.74, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 28.74, 250.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0481 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.089 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4380, 41.5051, 74.4837)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4DD #DD9C73

analogous

#73DDD1 #73B4DD #737FDD

triadic

#73B4DD #DD73B4 #B4DD73

tetradic

#73B4DD #D173DD #DD9C73 #7FDD73

square

#73B4DD #D173DD #DD9C73 #7FDD73

split-complementary

#73B4DD #DD737F #DDD173

monochromatic

#2A7AAC #429AD1 #73B4DD #A4CEE9 #D5E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#73B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#73B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4DD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4DD	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.089 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cae7',
    500: '#73b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4dd;
$custom-light: #a1cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.208,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.08918,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4DD

secondary

#E7D2C4

accent

#5F1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4DD

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

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