#73B8DF#73B8DF

#73B8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.090 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8DF
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -11.32, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 28.63, 246.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.052 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.09 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5252, 43.2506, 76.1685)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8DF #DF9A73

analogous

#73DFD0 #73B8DF #7382DF

triadic

#73B8DF #DF73B8 #B8DF73

tetradic

#73B8DF #D073DF #DF9A73 #82DF73

square

#73B8DF #D073DF #DF9A73 #82DF73

split-complementary

#73B8DF #DF7382 #DFD073

monochromatic

#287FAF #419FD4 #73B8DF #A5D1EA #D7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#73B8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#73B8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8DF

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8DF	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.090 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cde9',
    500: '#73b8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8df;
$custom-light: #a1cde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7515,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8DF

secondary

#E9D2C5

accent

#5A1BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8DF

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