#73B5EF#73B5EF

#73B5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5EF
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -5.08, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 35.70, 261.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0433 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.108 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1686, 42.9215, 87.8652)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5EF #EFAD73

analogous

#73EFEB #73B5EF #7377EF

triadic

#73B5EF #EF73B5 #B5EF73

tetradic

#73B5EF #EB73EF #EFAD73 #77EF73

square

#73B5EF #EB73EF #EFAD73 #77EF73

split-complementary

#73B5EF #EF7377 #EFEB73

monochromatic

#187AD0 #3C98E9 #73B5EF #AAD2F5 #E1EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#73B5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#73B5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5EF

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5EF	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf4',
    500: '#73b5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5ef;
$custom-light: #a2cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5EF

secondary

#F1DECD

accent

#6C0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5EF

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

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