#73B8EA#73B8EA

#73B8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.101 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8EA
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -8.18, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 32.68, 255.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0483 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.101 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0567, 43.8632, 84.2342)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8EA #EAA573

analogous

#73EAE0 #73B8EA #737CEA

triadic

#73B8EA #EA73B8 #B8EA73

tetradic

#73B8EA #E073EA #EAA573 #7CEA73

square

#73B8EA #E073EA #EAA573 #7CEA73

split-complementary

#73B8EA #EA737C #EAE073

monochromatic

#1E7FC5 #3E9DE2 #73B8EA #A8D3F2 #DDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#73B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#73B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8EA

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8EA	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.101 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf1',
    500: '#73b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8ea;
$custom-light: #a2cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8EA

secondary

#EEDACA

accent

#630FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8EA

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

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