#73B9CA#73B9CA

#73B9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.074 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B9CA
RGB	rgb(115, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -17.59, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 23.44, 221.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0611 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.074 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0760, 42.6045, 62.2408)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B9CA #CA8473

analogous

#73CAB0 #73B9CA #738ECA

triadic

#73B9CA #CA73B9 #B9CA73

tetradic

#73B9CA #B073CA #CA8473 #8ECA73

square

#73B9CA #B073CA #CA8473 #8ECA73

split-complementary

#73B9CA #CA738E #CAB073

monochromatic

#357C8D #47A3B9 #73B9CA #9FCFDB #CCE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#73B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#73B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B9CA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B9CA	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.074 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0ceda',
    500: '#73b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b9ca;
$custom-light: #a0ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.724,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74561,
    "c": 0.07449,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B9CA

secondary

#DCC3BC

accent

#482DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B9CA

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

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