#73B2CA#73B2CA

#73B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.073 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B2CA
RGB	rgb(115, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -13.92, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 23.16, 233.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0526 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.073 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6475, 39.7475, 61.7647)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B2CA #CA8B73

analogous

#73CAB7 #73B2CA #7386CA

triadic

#73B2CA #CA73B2 #B2CA73

tetradic

#73B2CA #B773CA #CA8B73 #86CA73

square

#73B2CA #B773CA #CA8B73 #86CA73

split-complementary

#73B2CA #CA7386 #CAB773

monochromatic

#35758D #479AB9 #73B2CA #9FCADB #CCE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#73B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#73B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B2CA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B2CA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.073 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9da',
    500: '#73b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b2ca;
$custom-light: #9fc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.07331,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B2CA

secondary

#DCC5BC

accent

#542DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B2CA

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

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