#73B4E2#73B4E2

#73B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.094 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E2
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -8.32, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 30.63, 254.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0464 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.094 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1141, 41.7755, 78.0445)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E2 #E2A173

analogous

#73E2D9 #73B4E2 #737DE2

triadic

#73B4E2 #E273B4 #B4E273

tetradic

#73B4E2 #D973E2 #E2A173 #7DE273

square

#73B4E2 #D973E2 #E2A173 #7DE273

split-complementary

#73B4E2 #E2737D #E2D973

monochromatic

#267AB5 #4099D7 #73B4E2 #A6CFED #D8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#73B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E2

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E2	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.094 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caeb',
    500: '#73b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e2;
$custom-light: #a1caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.865,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74388,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E2

secondary

#EAD5C7

accent

#6318CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E2

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

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