#73A3BD#73A3BD

#73A3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.064 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A3BD
RGB	rgb(115, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -9.34, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 20.69, 243.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0389 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.064 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3496, 33.5116, 53.0561)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A3BD #BD8D73

analogous

#73BDB2 #73A3BD #737EBD

triadic

#73A3BD #BD73A3 #A3BD73

tetradic

#73A3BD #B273BD #BD8D73 #7EBD73

square

#73A3BD #B273BD #BD8D73 #7EBD73

split-complementary

#73A3BD #BD737E #BDB273

monochromatic

#3A647B #4E86A5 #73A3BD #9DBED1 #C6DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#73A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#73A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A3BD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A3BD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.064 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebed1',
    500: '#73a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a3bd;
$custom-light: #9ebed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6908,
    "c": 0.06404,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A3BD

secondary

#D4C2B8

accent

#835CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A3BD

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

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