#73B4CE#73B4CE

#73B4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.076 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4CE
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -13.90, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 24.06, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0535 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.076 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5281, 40.7411, 64.4249)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4CE #CE8D73

analogous

#73CEBA #73B4CE #7386CE

triadic

#73B4CE #CE73B4 #B4CE73

tetradic

#73B4CE #BA73CE #CE8D73 #86CE73

square

#73B4CE #BA73CE #CE8D73 #86CE73

split-complementary

#73B4CE #CE7386 #CEBA73

monochromatic

#337893 #469CBE #73B4CE #A0CCDE #CEE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#73B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#73B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4CE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4CE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.076 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cadd',
    500: '#73b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4ce;
$custom-light: #a0cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.07618,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4CE

secondary

#DFC7BE

accent

#542ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4CE

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

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