#73B4E6#73B4E6

#73B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E6
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -7.17, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 32.23, 257.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.045 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.099 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6693, 41.9976, 80.9689)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E6 #E6A573

analogous

#73E6DF #73B4E6 #737AE6

triadic

#73B4E6 #E673B4 #B4E673

tetradic

#73B4E6 #DF73E6 #E6A573 #7AE673

square

#73B4E6 #DF73E6 #E6A573 #7AE673

split-complementary

#73B4E6 #E6737A #E6DF73

monochromatic

#2279BD #3F98DD #73B4E6 #A7D0EF #DBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#73B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#73B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E6

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E6	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caee',
    500: '#73b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e6;
$custom-light: #a2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7456,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E6

secondary

#ECD8C9

accent

#6614D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E6

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

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