#73B8D0#73B8D0

#73B8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.078 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8D0
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -15.47, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 24.43, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0576 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.078 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5918, 42.4773, 65.9857)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8D0 #D08B73

analogous

#73D0B9 #73B8D0 #7389D0

triadic

#73B8D0 #D073B8 #B8D073

tetradic

#73B8D0 #B973D0 #D08B73 #89D073

square

#73B8D0 #B973D0 #D08B73 #89D073

split-complementary

#73B8D0 #D07389 #D0B973

monochromatic

#327C96 #45A1C1 #73B8D0 #A1CFDF #CFE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#73B8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#73B8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8D0

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8D0	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.078 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cdde',
    500: '#73b8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8d0;
$custom-light: #a0cdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 49.733,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.07768,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8D0

secondary

#E0C7BF

accent

#4F28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8D0

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

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