#73ABC8#73ABC8

#73ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.072 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ABC8
RGB	rgb(115, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -10.72, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 23.16, 242.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0448 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.072 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0549, 36.9386, 60.0731)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ABC8 #C89073

analogous

#73C8BB #73ABC8 #7381C8

triadic

#73ABC8 #C873AB #ABC873

tetradic

#73ABC8 #BB73C8 #C89073 #81C873

square

#73ABC8 #BB73C8 #C89073 #81C873

split-complementary

#73ABC8 #C87381 #C8BB73

monochromatic

#366E8A #4890B6 #73ABC8 #9FC5D9 #CBE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#73ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#73ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ABC8

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ABC8	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.072 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4d8',
    500: '#73abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73abc8;
$custom-light: #9fc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.471,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71314,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ABC8

secondary

#DBC6BC

accent

#5D2FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ABC8

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

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