#73B4E5#73B4E5

#73B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E5
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -7.45, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 31.82, 256.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0454 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.097 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5293, 41.9416, 80.2314)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E5 #E5A473

analogous

#73E5DD #73B4E5 #737BE5

triadic

#73B4E5 #E573B4 #B4E573

tetradic

#73B4E5 #DD73E5 #E5A473 #7BE573

square

#73B4E5 #DD73E5 #E5A473 #7BE573

split-complementary

#73B4E5 #E5737B #E5DD73

monochromatic

#2379BB #3F98DB #73B4E5 #A7D0EF #DAEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#73B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E5

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E5	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caed',
    500: '#73b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e5;
$custom-light: #a1caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.789,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E5

secondary

#ECD7C8

accent

#6615D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E5

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

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