#73B9E3#73B9E3

#73B9E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.093 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B9E3
RGB	rgb(115, 185, 227)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -10.72, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 29.81, 248.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0518 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.093 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2793, 43.8858, 79.1118)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B9E3 #E39D73

analogous

#73E3D5 #73B9E3 #7381E3

triadic

#73B9E3 #E373B9 #B9E373

tetradic

#73B9E3 #D573E3 #E39D73 #81E373

square

#73B9E3 #D573E3 #E39D73 #81E373

split-complementary

#73B9E3 #E37381 #E3D573

monochromatic

#2580B7 #40A0D9 #73B9E3 #A6D3ED #D9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#73B9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#73B9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B9E3

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B9E3	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)

#A6B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 185, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.093 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ceec',
    500: '#73b9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b9e3;
$custom-light: #a1ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B9E3

secondary

#EBD4C7

accent

#5C17CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B9E3

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

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