#73BBD5#73BBD5

#73BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.081 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBD5
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -15.68, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 25.48, 232.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0592 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.081 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8464, 43.9868, 69.4865)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBD5 #D58D73

analogous

#73D5BE #73BBD5 #738AD5

triadic

#73BBD5 #D573BB #BBD573

tetradic

#73BBD5 #BE73D5 #D58D73 #8AD573

square

#73BBD5 #BE73D5 #D58D73 #8AD573

split-complementary

#73BBD5 #D5738A #D5BE73

monochromatic

#2F819E #44A4C7 #73BBD5 #A2D2E3 #D1E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#73BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#73BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBD5

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBD5	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)

#ACB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.081 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe2',
    500: '#73bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbd5;
$custom-light: #a0cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBD5

secondary

#E3CAC1

accent

#4E24C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBD5

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

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