#73B8CA#73B8CA

#73B8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.074 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8CA
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -17.07, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 23.34, 223.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0599 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.074 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8675, 42.1876, 62.1713)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8CA #CA8573

analogous

#73CAB1 #73B8CA #738DCA

triadic

#73B8CA #CA73B8 #B8CA73

tetradic

#73B8CA #B173CA #CA8573 #8DCA73

square

#73B8CA #B173CA #CA8573 #8DCA73

split-complementary

#73B8CA #CA738D #CAB173

monochromatic

#357B8D #47A1B9 #73B8CA #9FCFDB #CCE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#73B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#73B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8CA

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8CA	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CBFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.074 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cdda',
    500: '#73b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8ca;
$custom-light: #a0cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8CA

secondary

#DCC3BC

accent

#4A2DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8CA

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

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