#73B9DB#73B9DB

#73B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.086 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B9DB
RGB	rgb(115, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -12.97, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 27.20, 241.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0546 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.086 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2008, 43.4544, 73.4313)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B9DB #DB9573

analogous

#73DBC9 #73B9DB #7385DB

triadic

#73B9DB #DB73B9 #B9DB73

tetradic

#73B9DB #C973DB #DB9573 #85DB73

square

#73B9DB #C973DB #DB9573 #85DB73

split-complementary

#73B9DB #DB7385 #DBC973

monochromatic

#2B7FA8 #42A1CE #73B9DB #A4D1E8 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#73B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#73B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B9DB

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B9DB	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.086 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cee6',
    500: '#73b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b9db;
$custom-light: #a1cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.615,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B9DB

secondary

#E6CFC3

accent

#561FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B9DB

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

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