#73A9BE#73A9BE

#73A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.064 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A9BE
RGB	rgb(115, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -12.32, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 20.49, 233.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0461 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.064 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5493, 35.7365, 53.9933)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A9BE #BE8873

analogous

#73BEAD #73A9BE #7384BE

triadic

#73A9BE #BE73A9 #A9BE73

tetradic

#73A9BE #AD73BE #BE8873 #84BE73

square

#73A9BE #AD73BE #BE8873 #84BE73

split-complementary

#73A9BE #BE7384 #BEAD73

monochromatic

#3A6A7D #4D8EA6 #73A9BE #9DC3D1 #C7DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#73A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#73A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A9BE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A9BE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.064 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec2d1',
    500: '#73a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a9be;
$custom-light: #9ec2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70475,
    "c": 0.06446,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A9BE

secondary

#D5C0B8

accent

#7B5BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A9BE

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

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