#73AABC#73AABC

#73AABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.063 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AABC
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -13.38, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 20.05, 228.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0481 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.063 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5189, 36.0232, 52.9122)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AABC #BC8573

analogous

#73BCAA #73AABC #7385BC

triadic

#73AABC #BC73AA #AABC73

tetradic

#73AABC #AA73BC #BC8573 #85BC73

square

#73AABC #AA73BC #BC8573 #85BC73

split-complementary

#73AABC #BC7385 #BCAA73

monochromatic

#3A6A7A #4E8FA4 #73AABC #9CC3D0 #C6DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#73AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#73AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AABC

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AABC	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)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.063 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec3d0',
    500: '#73aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aabc;
$custom-light: #9ec3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.06326,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AABC

secondary

#D4BEB7

accent

#785CCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AABC

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

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