#73B8D5#73B8D5

#73B8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.081 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8D5
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -14.10, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 25.61, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0557 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.081 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2166, 42.7272, 69.2766)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8D5 #D59073

analogous

#73D5C1 #73B8D5 #7387D5

triadic

#73B8D5 #D573B8 #B8D573

tetradic

#73B8D5 #C173D5 #D59073 #87D573

square

#73B8D5 #C173D5 #D59073 #87D573

split-complementary

#73B8D5 #D57387 #D5C173

monochromatic

#2F7D9E #44A0C7 #73B8D5 #A2D0E3 #D1E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#73B8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#73B8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8D5

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8D5	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.081 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cde2',
    500: '#73b8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8d5;
$custom-light: #a0cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7475,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8D5

secondary

#E3CBC1

accent

#5324C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8D5

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

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