#73A7BF#73A7BF

#73A7BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.065 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A7BF
RGB	rgb(115, 167, 191)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -10.98, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 20.87, 238.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0432 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.065 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2897, 35.0420, 54.4478)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A7BF #BF8B73

analogous

#73BFB1 #73A7BF #7381BF

triadic

#73A7BF #BF73A7 #A7BF73

tetradic

#73A7BF #B173BF #BF8B73 #81BF73

square

#73A7BF #B173BF #BF8B73 #81BF73

split-complementary

#73A7BF #BF7381 #BFB173

monochromatic

#3A687E #4D8BA8 #73A7BF #9DC1D2 #C7DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#73A7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#73A7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A7BF

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A7BF	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 167, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.065 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec1d2',
    500: '#73a7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a7bf;
$custom-light: #9ec1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7006,
    "c": 0.06523,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A7BF

secondary

#D6C2B8

accent

#7F5BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A7BF

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

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