#73B5DD#73B5DD

#73B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.089 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5DD
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -10.28, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 28.52, 248.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0493 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.089 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6406, 41.9103, 74.5513)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5DD #DD9B73

analogous

#73DDD0 #73B5DD #7380DD

triadic

#73B5DD #DD73B5 #B5DD73

tetradic

#73B5DD #D073DD #DD9B73 #80DD73

square

#73B5DD #D073DD #DD9B73 #80DD73

split-complementary

#73B5DD #DD7380 #DDD073

monochromatic

#2A7BAC #429BD1 #73B5DD #A4CFE9 #D5E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#73B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5DD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5DD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.089 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbe7',
    500: '#73b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5dd;
$custom-light: #a1cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.642,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5DD

secondary

#E7D2C4

accent

#5E1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5DD

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

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