#73B5EB#73B5EB

#73B5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.103 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5EB
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -6.26, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 33.99, 259.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0445 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.103 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5842, 42.6877, 84.7875)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5EB #EBA973

analogous

#73EBE5 #73B5EB #7379EB

triadic

#73B5EB #EB73B5 #B5EB73

tetradic

#73B5EB #E573EB #EBA973 #79EB73

square

#73B5EB #E573EB #EBA973 #79EB73

split-complementary

#73B5EB #EB7379 #EBE573

monochromatic

#1C7AC7 #3D99E3 #73B5EB #A9D1F3 #DEEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#73B5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#73B5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5EB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5EB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.103 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf1',
    500: '#73b5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5eb;
$custom-light: #a2cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74998,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5EB

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#690ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5EB

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

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