#73BBD4#73BBD4

#73BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.080 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBD4
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -15.95, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 25.27, 230.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0596 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.08 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7199, 43.9362, 68.8201)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBD4 #D48C73

analogous

#73D4BD #73BBD4 #738BD4

triadic

#73BBD4 #D473BB #BBD473

tetradic

#73BBD4 #BD73D4 #D48C73 #8BD473

square

#73BBD4 #BD73D4 #D48C73 #8BD473

split-complementary

#73BBD4 #D4738B #D4BD73

monochromatic

#30819D #44A4C6 #73BBD4 #A2D2E2 #D1E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#73BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#73BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBD4

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBD4	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.080 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe1',
    500: '#73bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbd4;
$custom-light: #a0cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBD4

secondary

#E2C9C0

accent

#4D25C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBD4

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

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