#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
RGBrgb(115, 185, 234)
HSLhsl(205, 74%, 68%)
HSVhsv(205, 51%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(50.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.42, -8.71, -31.21)
CIE-LCHlch(72.42, 32.40, 254.40°)
OKLaboklab(75.83% -0.0494 -0.087)
OKLCHoklch(75.83% 0.1 240.4)
XYZxyz(39.2651, 44.2801, 84.3037)
Luminance0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##73B9EA1.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

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

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#73B9EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva