#73B9EE#73B9EE

#73B9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.104 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B9EE
RGB	rgb(115, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -7.55, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 33.99, 257.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0481 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.104 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8463, 44.5126, 87.3644)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B9EE #EEA873

analogous

#73EEE6 #73B9EE #737CEE

triadic

#73B9EE #EE73B9 #B9EE73

tetradic

#73B9EE #E673EE #EEA873 #7CEE73

square

#73B9EE #E673EE #EEA873 #7CEE73

split-complementary

#73B9EE #EE737C #EEE673

monochromatic

#1980CE #3C9EE7 #73B9EE #AAD4F5 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73B9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#73B9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B9EE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B9EE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.104 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf3',
    500: '#73b9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b9ee;
$custom-light: #a2cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.854,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B9EE

secondary

#F0DCCD

accent

#640BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B9EE

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

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