#73B5CC#73B5CC

#73B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.075 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5CC
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -14.97, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 23.57, 230.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0555 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.075 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4893, 41.0497, 63.2210)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5CC #CC8A73

analogous

#73CCB7 #73B5CC #7388CC

triadic

#73B5CC #CC73B5 #B5CC73

tetradic

#73B5CC #B773CC #CC8A73 #88CC73

square

#73B5CC #B773CC #CC8A73 #88CC73

split-complementary

#73B5CC #CC7388 #CCB773

monochromatic

#347890 #469DBC #73B5CC #A0CDDC #CDE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#73B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#73B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5CC

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5CC	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.075 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cbdb',
    500: '#73b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5cc;
$custom-light: #a0cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73727,
    "c": 0.07483,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5CC

secondary

#DEC6BD

accent

#502CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5CC

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

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