#73B4E4#73B4E4

#73B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.096 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E4
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -7.74, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 31.42, 255.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0457 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.096 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3901, 41.8859, 79.4982)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E4 #E4A373

analogous

#73E4DC #73B4E4 #737BE4

triadic

#73B4E4 #E473B4 #B4E473

tetradic

#73B4E4 #DC73E4 #E4A373 #7BE473

square

#73B4E4 #DC73E4 #E4A373 #7BE473

split-complementary

#73B4E4 #E4737B #E4DC73

monochromatic

#247AB9 #4099DA #73B4E4 #A6CFEE #DAEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#73B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E4

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E4	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)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.096 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caec',
    500: '#73b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e4;
$custom-light: #a1caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.487,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74474,
    "c": 0.09636,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E4

secondary

#EBD7C8

accent

#6516D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E4

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

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