#73AFBC#73AFBC

#73AFBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.065 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFBC
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -16.03, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 20.50, 218.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0544 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.065 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4741, 37.9336, 53.2306)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFBC #BC8073

analogous

#73BCA5 #73AFBC #738BBC

triadic

#73AFBC #BC73AF #AFBC73

tetradic

#73AFBC #A573BC #BC8073 #8BBC73

square

#73AFBC #A573BC #BC8073 #8BBC73

split-complementary

#73AFBC #BC738B #BCA573

monochromatic

#3A6F7A #4E94A4 #73AFBC #9CC7D0 #C6DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#73AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#73AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFBC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFBC	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.065 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7d0',
    500: '#73afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afbc;
$custom-light: #9ec7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7177,
    "c": 0.06473,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFBC

secondary

#D4BCB7

accent

#705CCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFBC

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

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