#73BBDB#73BBDB

#73BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.086 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBDB
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -14.03, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 26.98, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.057 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.086 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6221, 44.2971, 73.5717)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBDB #DB9373

analogous

#73DBC7 #73BBDB #7387DB

triadic

#73BBDB #DB73BB #BBDB73

tetradic

#73BBDB #C773DB #DB9373 #87DB73

square

#73BBDB #C773DB #DB9373 #87DB73

split-complementary

#73BBDB #DB7387 #DBC773

monochromatic

#2B82A8 #42A3CE #73BBDB #A4D3E8 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#73BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBDB

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBDB	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.086 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe6',
    500: '#73bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbdb;
$custom-light: #a1cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7566,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBDB

secondary

#E6CEC3

accent

#521FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBDB

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

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