#73B4CC#73B4CC

#73B4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.075 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4CC
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -14.44, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 23.58, 232.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0543 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.075 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2867, 40.6445, 63.1535)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4CC #CC8B73

analogous

#73CCB8 #73B4CC #7387CC

triadic

#73B4CC #CC73B4 #B4CC73

tetradic

#73B4CC #B873CC #CC8B73 #87CC73

square

#73B4CC #B873CC #CC8B73 #87CC73

split-complementary

#73B4CC #CC7387 #CCB873

monochromatic

#347790 #469CBC #73B4CC #A0CCDC #CDE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#73B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#73B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4CC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4CC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.075 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cadb',
    500: '#73b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4cc;
$custom-light: #a0cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.18,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.735,
    "c": 0.07477,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4CC

secondary

#DEC6BD

accent

#522CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4CC

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

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