#73B8EF#73B8EF

#73B8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8EF
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -6.72, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 34.71, 258.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0466 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.106 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7851, 44.1546, 88.0708)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8EF #EFAA73

analogous

#73EFE8 #73B8EF #737AEF

triadic

#73B8EF #EF73B8 #B8EF73

tetradic

#73B8EF #E873EF #EFAA73 #7AEF73

square

#73B8EF #E873EF #EFAA73 #7AEF73

split-complementary

#73B8EF #EF737A #EFE873

monochromatic

#187ED0 #3C9CE9 #73B8EF #AAD4F5 #E1F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#73B8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#73B8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8EF

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8EF	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf4',
    500: '#73b8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8ef;
$custom-light: #a2cdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.613,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75831,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8EF

secondary

#F1DDCD

accent

#670ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8EF

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

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