#73B6D4#73B6D4

#73B6D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.081 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B6D4
RGB	rgb(115, 182, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -13.32, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 25.50, 238.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0537 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.081 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6776, 41.8516, 68.4727)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B6D4 #D49173

analogous

#73D4C2 #73B6D4 #7386D4

triadic

#73B6D4 #D473B6 #B6D473

tetradic

#73B6D4 #C273D4 #D49173 #86D473

square

#73B6D4 #C273D4 #D49173 #86D473

split-complementary

#73B6D4 #D47386 #D4C273

monochromatic

#307B9D #449EC6 #73B6D4 #A2CEE2 #D1E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#73B6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B6D4

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B6D4	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 182, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.081 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cce1',
    500: '#73b6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b6d4;
$custom-light: #a0cce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.557,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.08061,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B6D4

secondary

#E2CBC0

accent

#5525C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B6D4

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

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