#73B4E9#73B4E9

#73B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E9
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -6.29, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 33.47, 259.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.044 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.102 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0943, 42.1676, 83.2067)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E9 #E9A873

analogous

#73E9E3 #73B4E9 #7379E9

triadic

#73B4E9 #E973B4 #B4E973

tetradic

#73B4E9 #E373E9 #E9A873 #79E973

square

#73B4E9 #E373E9 #E9A873 #79E973

split-complementary

#73B4E9 #E97379 #E9E373

monochromatic

#1F79C3 #3E98E1 #73B4E9 #A8D0F1 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#73B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#73B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E9	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf0',
    500: '#73b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e9;
$custom-light: #a2caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.949,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74691,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E9

secondary

#EEDACA

accent

#6911D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E9

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

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