#73B3CA#73B3CA

#73B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.073 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3CA
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -14.45, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 23.14, 231.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0538 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.073 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8472, 40.1469, 61.8312)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3CA #CA8A73

analogous

#73CAB6 #73B3CA #7388CA

triadic

#73B3CA #CA73B3 #B3CA73

tetradic

#73B3CA #B673CA #CA8A73 #88CA73

square

#73B3CA #B673CA #CA8A73 #88CA73

split-complementary

#73B3CA #CA7388 #CAB673

monochromatic

#35768D #479BB9 #73B3CA #9FCBDB #CCE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#73B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#73B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3CA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3CA	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.073 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9da',
    500: '#73b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3ca;
$custom-light: #9fc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.862,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73198,
    "c": 0.07336,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3CA

secondary

#DCC5BC

accent

#522DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3CA

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

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