#73AEBE#73AEBE

#73AEBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.065 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AEBE
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -14.98, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 20.65, 223.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0524 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.065 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4973, 37.6326, 54.3093)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AEBE #BE8373

analogous

#73BEA9 #73AEBE #7389BE

triadic

#73AEBE #BE73AE #AEBE73

tetradic

#73AEBE #A973BE #BE8373 #89BE73

square

#73AEBE #A973BE #BE8373 #89BE73

split-complementary

#73AEBE #BE7389 #BEA973

monochromatic

#3A6E7D #4D93A6 #73AEBE #9DC6D1 #C7DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#73AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#73AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AEBE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AEBE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.065 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6d1',
    500: '#73aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aebe;
$custom-light: #9ec6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71613,
    "c": 0.06533,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AEBE

secondary

#D5BEB8

accent

#735BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AEBE

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

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