#73A8CD#73A8CD

#73A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.078 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A8CD
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -7.72, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 25.52, 252.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0393 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.078 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0885, 36.0557, 63.0143)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A8CD #CD9873

analogous

#73CDC5 #73A8CD #737BCD

triadic

#73A8CD #CD73A8 #A8CD73

tetradic

#73A8CD #C573CD #CD9873 #7BCD73

square

#73A8CD #C573CD #CD9873 #7BCD73

split-complementary

#73A8CD #CD737B #CDC573

monochromatic

#346B92 #468CBD #73A8CD #A0C4DD #CDE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#73A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#73A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A8CD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A8CD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.078 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1dc',
    500: '#73a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a8cd;
$custom-light: #9fc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70844,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A8CD

secondary

#DECBBE

accent

#662BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A8CD

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

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