#73B7CD#73B7CD

#73B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.076 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B7CD
RGB	rgb(115, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -15.75, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 23.80, 228.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0575 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.076 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0192, 41.9170, 63.9912)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B7CD #CD8973

analogous

#73CDB6 #73B7CD #738ACD

triadic

#73B7CD #CD73B7 #B7CD73

tetradic

#73B7CD #B673CD #CD8973 #8ACD73

square

#73B7CD #B673CD #CD8973 #8ACD73

split-complementary

#73B7CD #CD738A #CDB673

monochromatic

#347B92 #46A0BD #73B7CD #A0CEDD #CDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#73B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B7CD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B7CD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.076 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ccdc',
    500: '#73b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b7cd;
$custom-light: #a0ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74218,
    "c": 0.07568,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B7CD

secondary

#DEC6BE

accent

#4E2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B7CD

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

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