#73B5CD#73B5CD

#73B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.075 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5CD
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -14.70, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 23.79, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0551 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.076 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6096, 41.0979, 63.8547)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5CD #CD8B73

analogous

#73CDB8 #73B5CD #7388CD

triadic

#73B5CD #CD73B5 #B5CD73

tetradic

#73B5CD #B873CD #CD8B73 #88CD73

square

#73B5CD #B873CD #CD8B73 #88CD73

split-complementary

#73B5CD #CD7388 #CDB873

monochromatic

#347992 #469DBD #73B5CD #A0CDDD #CDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#73B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#73B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5CD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5CD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.075 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cbdc',
    500: '#73b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5cd;
$custom-light: #a0cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.0755,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5CD

secondary

#DEC6BE

accent

#512BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5CD

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

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