#73B2CB#73B2CB

#73B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.074 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B2CB
RGB	rgb(115, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -13.65, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 23.40, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0522 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.074 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7663, 39.7951, 62.3902)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B2CB #CB8C73

analogous

#73CBB8 #73B2CB #7386CB

triadic

#73B2CB #CB73B2 #B2CB73

tetradic

#73B2CB #B873CB #CB8C73 #86CB73

square

#73B2CB #B873CB #CB8C73 #86CB73

split-complementary

#73B2CB #CB7386 #CBB873

monochromatic

#35758F #4699BA #73B2CB #A0CBDC #CCE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#73B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#73B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B2CB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B2CB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.074 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9da',
    500: '#73b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b2cb;
$custom-light: #9fc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.045,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73009,
    "c": 0.07402,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B2CB

secondary

#DDC6BD

accent

#542CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B2CB

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

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