#73AABE#73AABE

#73AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.065 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AABE
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -12.86, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 20.48, 231.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0474 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.065 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7360, 36.1100, 54.0556)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AABE #BE8773

analogous

#73BEAC #73AABE #7385BE

triadic

#73AABE #BE73AA #AABE73

tetradic

#73AABE #AC73BE #BE8773 #85BE73

square

#73AABE #AC73BE #BE8773 #85BE73

split-complementary

#73AABE #BE7385 #BEAC73

monochromatic

#3A6B7D #4D8FA6 #73AABE #9DC3D1 #C7DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#73AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#73AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AABE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AABE	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.065 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec3d1',
    500: '#73aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aabe;
$custom-light: #9ec3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.06454,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AABE

secondary

#D5C0B8

accent

#795BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AABE

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

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