#73B1BF#73B1BF

#73B1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.067 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B1BF
RGB	rgb(115, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -16.30, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 21.12, 219.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0557 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.067 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1930, 38.8486, 55.0822)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B1BF #BF8173

analogous

#73BFA7 #73B1BF #738BBF

triadic

#73B1BF #BF73B1 #B1BF73

tetradic

#73B1BF #A773BF #BF8173 #8BBF73

square

#73B1BF #A773BF #BF8173 #8BBF73

split-complementary

#73B1BF #BF738B #BFA773

monochromatic

#3A717E #4D97A8 #73B1BF #9DC8D2 #C7E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#73B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#73B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B1BF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B1BF	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.067 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc8d2',
    500: '#73b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b1bf;
$custom-light: #9fc8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.06679,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B1BF

secondary

#D6BEB8

accent

#705BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B1BF

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

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