#73A5BF#73A5BF

#73A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.065 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A5BF
RGB	rgb(115, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -9.90, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 21.08, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0407 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.065 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9261, 34.3148, 54.3266)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A5BF #BF8D73

analogous

#73BFB3 #73A5BF #737FBF

triadic

#73A5BF #BF73A5 #A5BF73

tetradic

#73A5BF #B373BF #BF8D73 #7FBF73

square

#73A5BF #B373BF #BF8D73 #7FBF73

split-complementary

#73A5BF #BF737F #BFB373

monochromatic

#3A677E #4D89A8 #73A5BF #9DC0D2 #C7DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#73A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#73A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A5BF

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A5BF	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.065 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebfd2',
    500: '#73a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a5bf;
$custom-light: #9ebfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69609,
    "c": 0.06545,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A5BF

secondary

#D6C2B8

accent

#825BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A5BF

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

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