#73B4ED#73B4ED

#73B4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.106 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4ED
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -5.12, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 35.18, 261.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0428 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.106 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6721, 42.3987, 86.2502)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4ED #EDAC73

analogous

#73EDE9 #73B4ED #7377ED

triadic

#73B4ED #ED73B4 #B4ED73

tetradic

#73B4ED #E973ED #EDAC73 #77ED73

square

#73B4ED #E973ED #EDAC73 #77ED73

split-complementary

#73B4ED #ED7377 #EDE973

monochromatic

#1A79CB #3D97E6 #73B4ED #A9D1F4 #DFEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#73B4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#73B4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4ED

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4ED	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.106 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf3',
    500: '#73b4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4ed;
$custom-light: #a2caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.033,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4ED

secondary

#F0DDCC

accent

#6C0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4ED

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

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