#73B4E7#73B4E7

#73B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E7
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -6.88, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 32.64, 257.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0447 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.1 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8102, 42.0539, 81.7106)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E7 #E7A673

analogous

#73E7E0 #73B4E7 #737AE7

triadic

#73B4E7 #E773B4 #B4E773

tetradic

#73B4E7 #E073E7 #E7A673 #7AE773

square

#73B4E7 #E073E7 #E7A673 #7AE773

split-complementary

#73B4E7 #E7737A #E7E073

monochromatic

#2179BF #3F98DE #73B4E7 #A7D0F0 #DBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#73B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#73B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E7

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E7	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caee',
    500: '#73b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e7;
$custom-light: #a2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.379,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74603,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E7

secondary

#EDD9C9

accent

#6713D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E7

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

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