#73B5FD#73B5FD

#73B5FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5FD
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 253)
HSL	hsl(211, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -0.90, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 42.02, 268.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.039 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.124 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3175, 43.7810, 99.1827)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5FD #FDBB73

analogous

#73FAFD #73B5FD #7673FD

triadic

#73B5FD #FD73B5 #B5FD73

tetradic

#73B5FD #FD73FA #FDBB73 #73FD76

square

#73B5FD #FD73FA #FDBB73 #73FD76

split-complementary

#73B5FD #FD7673 #FAFD73

monochromatic

#0376F2 #3795FC #73B5FD #AFD5FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#73B5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#73B5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5FD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5FD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86ABFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cafe',
    500: '#73b5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5fd;
$custom-light: #a4cafe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.304,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75824,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5FD

secondary

#F7E6D4

accent

#7800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5FD

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

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