#73B8EB#73B8EB

#73B8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.102 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8EB
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -7.89, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 33.08, 256.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0479 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.102 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2007, 43.9209, 84.9930)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8EB #EBA673

analogous

#73EBE2 #73B8EB #737CEB

triadic

#73B8EB #EB73B8 #B8EB73

tetradic

#73B8EB #E273EB #EBA673 #7CEB73

square

#73B8EB #E273EB #EBA673 #7CEB73

split-complementary

#73B8EB #EB737C #EBE273

monochromatic

#1C7FC7 #3D9DE3 #73B8EB #A9D3F3 #DEEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#73B8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#73B8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8EB

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8EB	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.102 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf1',
    500: '#73b8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8eb;
$custom-light: #a2cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8EB

secondary

#EFDACB

accent

#640ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8EB

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

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