#73B4FD#73B4FD

#73B4FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4FD
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 253)
HSL	hsl(212, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -0.34, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 42.44, 269.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.038 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.125 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1148, 43.3758, 99.1152)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4FD #FDBC73

analogous

#73F9FD #73B4FD #7773FD

triadic

#73B4FD #FD73B4 #B4FD73

tetradic

#73B4FD #FD73F9 #FDBC73 #73FD77

square

#73B4FD #FD73F9 #FDBC73 #73FD77

split-complementary

#73B4FD #FD7773 #F9FD73

monochromatic

#0374F2 #3794FC #73B4FD #AFD4FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#73B4FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#73B4FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4FD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4FD	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cafe',
    500: '#73b4fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4fd;
$custom-light: #a4cafe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.739,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4FD

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4FD

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

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