#73B8E2#73B8E2

#73B8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.092 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8E2
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -10.47, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 29.67, 249.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.051 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.092 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9333, 43.4139, 78.3175)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8E2 #E29D73

analogous

#73E2D5 #73B8E2 #7381E2

triadic

#73B8E2 #E273B8 #B8E273

tetradic

#73B8E2 #D573E2 #E29D73 #81E273

square

#73B8E2 #D573E2 #E29D73 #81E273

split-complementary

#73B8E2 #E27381 #E2D573

monochromatic

#267FB5 #409ED7 #73B8E2 #A6D2ED #D8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#73B8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#73B8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8E2

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8E2	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.092 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cdeb',
    500: '#73b8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8e2;
$custom-light: #a1cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75274,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8E2

secondary

#EAD4C7

accent

#5D18CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8E2

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

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