#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
RGBrgb(115, 184, 208)
HSLhsl(195, 50%, 63%)
HSVhsv(195, 45%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(44.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.20, -15.47, -18.91)
CIE-LCHlch(71.20, 24.43, 230.72°)
OKLaboklab(74.56% -0.0576 -0.0522)
OKLCHoklch(74.56% 0.078 222.2)
XYZxyz(35.5918, 42.4773, 65.9857)
Luminance0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##73B8D01.002.219.509.50
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5021.001.001.00
##0000009.5021.001.001.00

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

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#73B8D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva