#73BADD#73BADD

#73BADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.087 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BADD
RGB	rgb(115, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -12.95, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 27.67, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0551 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.087 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6756, 43.9802, 74.8963)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BADD #DD9673

analogous

#73DDCB #73BADD #7385DD

triadic

#73BADD #DD73BA #BADD73

tetradic

#73BADD #CB73DD #DD9673 #85DD73

square

#73BADD #CB73DD #DD9673 #85DD73

split-complementary

#73BADD #DD7385 #DDCB73

monochromatic

#2A81AC #42A2D1 #73BADD #A4D2E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#73BADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#73BADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BADD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BADD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73badd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.087 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cee7',
    500: '#73badd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73badd;
$custom-light: #a1cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73badd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.811,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75515,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BADD

secondary

#E7D0C4

accent

#561DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BADD

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

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