#73BBD9#73BBD9

#73BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.084 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBD9
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -14.58, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 26.44, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0577 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.084 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3604, 44.1924, 72.1934)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBD9 #D99173

analogous

#73D9C4 #73BBD9 #7388D9

triadic

#73BBD9 #D973BB #BBD973

tetradic

#73BBD9 #C473D9 #D99173 #88D973

square

#73BBD9 #C473D9 #D99173 #88D973

split-complementary

#73BBD9 #D97388 #D9C473

monochromatic

#2D82A5 #43A4CC #73BBD9 #A3D2E6 #D3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#73BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBD9

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBD9	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.084 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe4',
    500: '#73bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbd9;
$custom-light: #a1cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75581,
    "c": 0.08399,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBD9

secondary

#E5CDC3

accent

#5121C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBD9

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

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