#73B1CD#73B1CD

#73B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.076 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B1CD
RGB	rgb(115, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -12.58, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 24.00, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0503 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.076 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8079, 39.4945, 63.5875)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B1CD #CD8F73

analogous

#73CDBC #73B1CD #7384CD

triadic

#73B1CD #CD73B1 #B1CD73

tetradic

#73B1CD #BC73CD #CD8F73 #84CD73

square

#73B1CD #BC73CD #CD8F73 #84CD73

split-complementary

#73B1CD #CD7384 #CDBC73

monochromatic

#347492 #4698BD #73B1CD #A0CADD #CDE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#73B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B1CD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B1CD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.076 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc8dc',
    500: '#73b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b1cd;
$custom-light: #9fc8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.07559,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B1CD

secondary

#DEC8BE

accent

#582BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B1CD

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

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