#73B7EB#73B7EB

#73B7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.102 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B7EB
RGB	rgb(115, 183, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -7.34, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 33.37, 257.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0468 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.102 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9938, 43.5069, 84.9240)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B7EB #EBA773

analogous

#73EBE3 #73B7EB #737BEB

triadic

#73B7EB #EB73B7 #B7EB73

tetradic

#73B7EB #E373EB #EBA773 #7BEB73

square

#73B7EB #E373EB #EBA773 #7BEB73

split-complementary

#73B7EB #EB737B #EBE373

monochromatic

#1C7DC7 #3D9BE3 #73B7EB #A9D3F3 #DEEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#73B7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#73B7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B7EB

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B7EB	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 183, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.102 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ccf1',
    500: '#73b7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b7eb;
$custom-light: #a2ccf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75436,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B7EB

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#650ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B7EB

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

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