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Named color

Maya Blue

Maya Blue color #73C2FB: RGB 115, 194, 251 and HSL 205°, 94%, 72%. Explore its cool blue profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#73C2FB blue cool vibrant
HEX #73C2FB
RGB rgb(115, 194, 251)
HSL hsl(205 94% 72%)
CMYK cmyk(54, 23, 0, 2)
Luminance 0.4919
Contrast Black 10.84:1White 1.94:1

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CSS Utilities

--color-maya-blue: #73C2FB;
.bg-maya-blue { background-color: #73C2FB; }
.text-maya-blue { color: #73C2FB; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Color history, meaning and use · Editorially reviewed

About Maya Blue Color

Maya Blue was an innovative composite made by combining indigo dye with palygorskite clay and heat. The resulting material was unusually durable, allowing blue surfaces to survive on Mesoamerican ceramics and other works long after many organic colorants would have faded or washed away.

The color carries a material and cultural history that a generic sky blue does not. The Met notes that Classic Maya language grouped blue and green within the concept yax, associated in specific contexts with new growth, water, fertility, and precious materials. Contemporary designers can reference the cool turquoise-blue relationship without treating one HEX value as a universal reconstruction.

This page provides a digital color reference; archaeological Maya Blue varies with composition, manufacture, surface, and preservation.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Maya Blue against black and white text.

Black text10.84:1AA Pass
White text1.94:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Downloadable color reference infographic

Maya Blue Color Reference Infographic

Save a high-resolution infographic of Maya Blue, including its color values, coordinated palette, and black and white text contrast.

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Maya Blue color reference infographic showing #73C2FB, RGB and HSL values, a coordinated palette, and black and white text contrast.
Maya Blue color reference infographic generated from the verified Colors Encyclopedia dataset.
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Color Harmonies

#FBAC74#FBAC74#74FBF0#74FBF0#7480FB#7480FB#FB74C3#FB74C3#C3FB74#C3FB74
Open full Maya Blue harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#CEE9FD#CEE9FD#1B9CF8#1B9CF8#70C3FF#70C3FF#84C0EB#84C0EB#F1F8FD#F1F8FD#99D5FF#99D5FF

Pairings

Black#000000#FBAC74#FBAC74#74FBF0#74FBF0#7480FB#7480FBMatte Black#1A1A1AWhite Smoke#F5F5F5

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4919
Black text10.84:1AA Pass
White text1.94:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    194,
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  ],
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    94,
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  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    23,
    0,
    2
  ],
  "luminance": 0.4919,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 10.84,
    "white": 1.94
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#FBAC74",
  "analogous": [
    "#74FBF0",
    "#7480FB"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#FB74C3",
    "#C3FB74"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#F074FB",
    "#FBAC74",
    "#80FB74"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#FB7480",
    "#FBF074"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#CEE9FD",
    "#73C2FB",
    "#1B9CF8"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#CEE9FD",
  "dark": "#1B9CF8",
  "saturated": "#70C3FF",
  "desaturated": "#84C0EB",
  "pastel": "#F1F8FD",
  "neon": "#99D5FF"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
    "#000000",
    "#FBAC74",
    "#74FBF0",
    "#7480FB"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#84C0EB",
    "#CEE9FD"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#CEE9FD",
    "#84C0EB"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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    "aquamarine-blue",
    "baby-blue",
    "sky-blue",
    "glacier-blue"
  ],
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  ],
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    "maya-blue-vs-light-sky-blue"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/vibrant"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/maya-blue",
    "/wcag/maya-blue",
    "/css/colors/maya-blue",
    "/hex/73c2fb",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
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    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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      "/colors/by-tone/vibrant"
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    ],
    "related": [
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    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "hex": "#73C2FB",
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  ],
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  },
  "family": "blue",
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  ],
  "luminance": 0.4919,
  "contrast": {
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    "white": 1.94
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#FBAC74",
    "analogous": [
      "#74FBF0",
      "#7480FB"
    ],
    "triadic": [
      "#FB74C3",
      "#C3FB74"
    ],
    "tetradic": [
      "#F074FB",
      "#FBAC74",
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      "#FB7480",
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    "neon": "#99D5FF"
  },
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      "#000000",
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      "#36454F"
    ],
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      "#000000",
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    ]
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    ]
  },
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      "#FBAC74",
      "#74FBF0",
      "#7480FB"
    ],
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      "#CEE9FD"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
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      "#000000"
    ],
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      "#CEE9FD",
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}
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