#73BBD8#73BBD8

#73BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.083 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBD8
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -14.86, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 26.19, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0581 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.083 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2307, 44.1405, 71.5105)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBD8 #D89073

analogous

#73D8C3 #73BBD8 #7388D8

triadic

#73BBD8 #D873BB #BBD873

tetradic

#73BBD8 #C373D8 #D89073 #88D873

square

#73BBD8 #C373D8 #D89073 #88D873

split-complementary

#73BBD8 #D87388 #D8C373

monochromatic

#2D81A3 #43A4CB #73BBD8 #A3D2E5 #D3E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#73BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#73BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBD8

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBD8	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.083 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe4',
    500: '#73bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbd8;
$custom-light: #a1cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBD8

secondary

#E5CCC2

accent

#5022C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBD8

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

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