#73B9CD#73B9CD

#73B9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.076 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B9CD
RGB	rgb(115, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -16.79, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 23.89, 225.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0599 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.076 218)
XYZ	xyz(35.4346, 42.7479, 64.1297)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B9CD #CD8773

analogous

#73CDB4 #73B9CD #738CCD

triadic

#73B9CD #CD73B9 #B9CD73

tetradic

#73B9CD #B473CD #CD8773 #8CCD73

square

#73B9CD #B473CD #CD8773 #8CCD73

split-complementary

#73B9CD #CD738C #CDB473

monochromatic

#347D92 #46A2BD #73B9CD #A0D0DD #CDE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#73B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#73B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B9CD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B9CD	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)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.076 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cedc',
    500: '#73b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b9cd;
$custom-light: #a0cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.07602,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.42751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B9CD

secondary

#DEC5BE

accent

#4B2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B9CD

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

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