#73B4EB#73B4EB

#73B4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.104 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4EB
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -5.71, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 34.32, 260.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0434 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.104 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3816, 42.2825, 84.7199)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4EB #EBAA73

analogous

#73EBE6 #73B4EB #7378EB

triadic

#73B4EB #EB73B4 #B4EB73

tetradic

#73B4EB #E673EB #EBAA73 #78EB73

square

#73B4EB #E673EB #EBAA73 #78EB73

split-complementary

#73B4EB #EB7378 #EBE673

monochromatic

#1C79C7 #3D97E3 #73B4EB #A9D1F3 #DEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#73B4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#73B4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4EB

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4EB	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.104 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf1',
    500: '#73b4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4eb;
$custom-light: #a2caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4EB

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#6A0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4EB

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

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