#73B9EA#73B9EA

#73B9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.100 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B9EA
RGB	rgb(115, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -8.71, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 32.40, 254.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0494 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.1 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2651, 44.2801, 84.3037)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B9EA #EAA473

analogous

#73EADF #73B9EA #737DEA

triadic

#73B9EA #EA73B9 #B9EA73

tetradic

#73B9EA #DF73EA #EAA473 #7DEA73

square

#73B9EA #DF73EA #EAA473 #7DEA73

split-complementary

#73B9EA #EA737D #EADF73

monochromatic

#1E80C5 #3E9EE2 #73B9EA #A8D4F2 #DDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73B9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#73B9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B9EA

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B9EA	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.100 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cef1',
    500: '#73b9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b9ea;
$custom-light: #a2cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75833,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B9EA

secondary

#EED9CA

accent

#610FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B9EA

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

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