#73B4E8#73B4E8

#73B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E8
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -6.59, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 33.05, 258.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0444 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.101 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9518, 42.1106, 82.4565)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E8 #E8A773

analogous

#73E8E2 #73B4E8 #7379E8

triadic

#73B4E8 #E873B4 #B4E873

tetradic

#73B4E8 #E273E8 #E8A773 #79E873

square

#73B4E8 #E273E8 #E8A773 #79E873

split-complementary

#73B4E8 #E87379 #E8E273

monochromatic

#2079C1 #3E98DF #73B4E8 #A8D0F1 #DCECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#73B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#73B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caef',
    500: '#73b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e8;
$custom-light: #a2caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E8

secondary

#EDD9CA

accent

#6812D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E8

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

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