#73BBDA#73BBDA

#73BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.085 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBDA
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -14.31, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 26.71, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0573 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.085 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4908, 44.2446, 72.8805)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBDA #DA9273

analogous

#73DAC5 #73BBDA #7388DA

triadic

#73BBDA #DA73BB #BBDA73

tetradic

#73BBDA #C573DA #DA9273 #88DA73

square

#73BBDA #C573DA #DA9273 #88DA73

split-complementary

#73BBDA #DA7388 #DAC573

monochromatic

#2C82A7 #43A3CD #73BBDA #A3D3E7 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#73BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBDA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBDA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.085 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe5',
    500: '#73bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbda;
$custom-light: #a1cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75621,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBDA

secondary

#E6CDC3

accent

#5220C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBDA

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

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