#73ABBD#73ABBD

#73ABBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.064 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ABBD
RGB	rgb(115, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -13.65, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 20.29, 227.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.049 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.064 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8153, 36.4428, 53.5446)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ABBD #BD8573

analogous

#73BDAA #73ABBD #7386BD

triadic

#73ABBD #BD73AB #ABBD73

tetradic

#73ABBD #AA73BD #BD8573 #86BD73

square

#73ABBD #AA73BD #BD8573 #86BD73

split-complementary

#73ABBD #BD7386 #BDAA73

monochromatic

#3A6C7B #4E90A5 #73ABBD #9DC4D1 #C6DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#73ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#73ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ABBD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ABBD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.064 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d0',
    500: '#73abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73abbd;
$custom-light: #9ec4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70893,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ABBD

secondary

#D4BFB8

accent

#775CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ABBD

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

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