#73A4BE#73A4BE

#73A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.065 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A4BE
RGB	rgb(115, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -9.62, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 20.88, 242.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0398 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.065 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6368, 33.9117, 53.6892)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A4BE #BE8D73

analogous

#73BEB2 #73A4BE #737FBE

triadic

#73A4BE #BE73A4 #A4BE73

tetradic

#73A4BE #B273BE #BE8D73 #7FBE73

square

#73A4BE #B273BE #BE8D73 #7FBE73

split-complementary

#73A4BE #BE737F #BEB273

monochromatic

#3A667D #4D88A6 #73A4BE #9DBFD1 #C7DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#73A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#73A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A4BE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A4BE	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.065 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebfd1',
    500: '#73a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a4be;
$custom-light: #9ebfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69344,
    "c": 0.06474,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A4BE

secondary

#D5C2B8

accent

#835BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A4BE

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

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