#73ACBC#73ACBC

#73ACBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.064 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ACBC
RGB	rgb(115, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -14.44, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 20.16, 224.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0507 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.064 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8967, 36.7787, 53.0381)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ACBC #BC8373

analogous

#73BCA8 #73ACBC #7388BC

triadic

#73ACBC #BC73AC #ACBC73

tetradic

#73ACBC #A873BC #BC8373 #88BC73

square

#73ACBC #A873BC #BC8373 #88BC73

split-complementary

#73ACBC #BC7388 #BCA873

monochromatic

#3A6C7A #4E91A4 #73ACBC #9CC5D0 #C6DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#73ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#73ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ACBC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ACBC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.064 217.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ACBC

secondary

#D4BDB7

accent

#755CCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ACBC

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

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