#73B5CE#73B5CE

#73B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.076 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5CE
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -14.43, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 24.02, 233.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0547 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.076 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7307, 41.1463, 64.4924)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5CE #CE8C73

analogous

#73CEBA #73B5CE #7387CE

triadic

#73B5CE #CE73B5 #B5CE73

tetradic

#73B5CE #BA73CE #CE8C73 #87CE73

square

#73B5CE #BA73CE #CE8C73 #87CE73

split-complementary

#73B5CE #CE7387 #CEBA73

monochromatic

#337993 #469DBE #73B5CE #A0CDDE #CEE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#73B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#73B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5CE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5CE	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.076 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cbdd',
    500: '#73b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5ce;
$custom-light: #a0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.07619,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5CE

secondary

#DFC7BE

accent

#522ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5CE

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

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