#73A3BC#73A3BC

#73A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.063 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A3BC
RGB	rgb(115, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -9.61, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 20.37, 241.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0393 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.063 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2415, 33.4683, 52.4864)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A3BC #BC8C73

analogous

#73BCB1 #73A3BC #737FBC

triadic

#73A3BC #BC73A3 #A3BC73

tetradic

#73A3BC #B173BC #BC8C73 #7FBC73

square

#73A3BC #B173BC #BC8C73 #7FBC73

split-complementary

#73A3BC #BC737F #BCB173

monochromatic

#3A647A #4E86A4 #73A3BC #9CBED0 #C6D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#73A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#73A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A3BC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A3BC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.063 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebed0',
    500: '#73a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a3bc;
$custom-light: #9ebed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69041,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A3BC

secondary

#D4C1B7

accent

#825CCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A3BC

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

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