#73A4BD#73A4BD

#73A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.064 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4BD
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -9.89, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 20.56, 241.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0402 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.064 231)
XYZ	xyz(29.5279, 33.8681, 53.1155)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4BD #BD8C73

analogous

#73BDB1 #73A4BD #737FBD

triadic

#73A4BD #BD73A4 #A4BD73

tetradic

#73A4BD #B173BD #BD8C73 #7FBD73

square

#73A4BD #B173BD #BD8C73 #7FBD73

split-complementary

#73A4BD #BD737F #BDB173

monochromatic

#3A657B #4E88A5 #73A4BD #9DBFD1 #C6DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#73A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#73A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4BD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4BD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.064 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebfd1',
    500: '#73a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4bd;
$custom-light: #9ebfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69305,
    "c": 0.06387,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.3387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4BD

secondary

#D4C1B8

accent

#825CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4BD

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

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