#73BBDD#73BBDD

#73BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.087 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBDD
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -13.48, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 27.54, 240.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0562 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.087 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8870, 44.4030, 74.9667)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBDD #DD9573

analogous

#73DDCA #73BBDD #7386DD

triadic

#73BBDD #DD73BB #BBDD73

tetradic

#73BBDD #CA73DD #DD9573 #86DD73

square

#73BBDD #CA73DD #DD9573 #86DD73

split-complementary

#73BBDD #DD7386 #DDCA73

monochromatic

#2A82AC #42A3D1 #73BBDD #A4D3E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#73BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBDD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBDD	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.087 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe7',
    500: '#73bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbdd;
$custom-light: #a1cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBDD

secondary

#E7D0C4

accent

#541DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBDD

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

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