#73B5ED#73B5ED

#73B5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.106 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5ED
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -5.67, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 34.84, 260.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0439 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.106 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8747, 42.8039, 86.3178)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5ED #EDAB73

analogous

#73EDE8 #73B5ED #7378ED

triadic

#73B5ED #ED73B5 #B5ED73

tetradic

#73B5ED #E873ED #EDAB73 #78ED73

square

#73B5ED #E873ED #EDAB73 #78ED73

split-complementary

#73B5ED #ED7378 #EDE873

monochromatic

#1A7ACB #3D98E6 #73B5ED #A9D2F4 #DFEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#73B5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#73B5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5ED

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5ED	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.106 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf3',
    500: '#73b5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5ed;
$custom-light: #a2cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.541,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75087,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5ED

secondary

#F0DCCC

accent

#6A0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5ED

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

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