#73B4EF#73B4EF

#73B4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4EF
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -4.53, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 36.05, 262.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0421 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.109 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9660, 42.5163, 87.7977)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4EF #EFAE73

analogous

#73EFEC #73B4EF #7376EF

triadic

#73B4EF #EF73B4 #B4EF73

tetradic

#73B4EF #EC73EF #EFAE73 #76EF73

square

#73B4EF #EC73EF #EFAE73 #76EF73

split-complementary

#73B4EF #EF7376 #EFEC73

monochromatic

#1878D0 #3C97E9 #73B4EF #AAD1F5 #E1EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#73B4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#73B4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4EF

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4EF	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf4',
    500: '#73b4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4ef;
$custom-light: #a2caf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.548,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74958,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4EF

secondary

#F1DECD

accent

#6E0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4EF

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

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