#73B6EA#73B6EA

#73B6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B6EA
RGB	rgb(115, 182, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -7.09, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 33.26, 257.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.046 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.102 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6442, 43.0382, 84.0967)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B6EA #EAA773

analogous

#73EAE2 #73B6EA #737AEA

triadic

#73B6EA #EA73B6 #B6EA73

tetradic

#73B6EA #E273EA #EAA773 #7AEA73

square

#73B6EA #E273EA #EAA773 #7AEA73

split-complementary

#73B6EA #EA737A #EAE273

monochromatic

#1E7CC5 #3E9AE2 #73B6EA #A8D2F2 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#73B6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#73B6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B6EA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B6EA	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 182, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf1',
    500: '#73b6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b6ea;
$custom-light: #a2cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.218,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75173,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B6EA

secondary

#EEDACA

accent

#660FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B6EA

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

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