#73BAEB#73BAEB

#73BAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.101 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BAEB
RGB	rgb(115, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -8.96, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 32.52, 254.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0502 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.101 240)
XYZ	xyz(39.6191, 44.7576, 85.1324)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BAEB #EBA473

analogous

#73EBE0 #73BAEB #737EEB

triadic

#73BAEB #EB73BA #BAEB73

tetradic

#73BAEB #E073EB #EBA473 #7EEB73

square

#73BAEB #E073EB #EBA473 #7EEB73

split-complementary

#73BAEB #EB737E #EBE073

monochromatic

#1C81C7 #3DA0E3 #73BAEB #A9D4F3 #DEEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#73BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#73BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BAEB

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BAEB	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.101 240.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76096,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.44761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BAEB

secondary

#EFDACB

accent

#600ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BAEB

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

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