#73BBDE#73BBDE

#73BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.088 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBDE
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -13.20, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 27.84, 241.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0559 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.088 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0206, 44.4565, 75.6705)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBDE #DE9673

analogous

#73DECB #73BBDE #7385DE

triadic

#73BBDE #DE73BB #BBDE73

tetradic

#73BBDE #CB73DE #DE9673 #85DE73

square

#73BBDE #CB73DE #DE9673 #85DE73

split-complementary

#73BBDE #DE7385 #DECB73

monochromatic

#2982AE #41A3D2 #73BBDE #A5D3EA #D6EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#73BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBDE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBDE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.088 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe8',
    500: '#73bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbde;
$custom-light: #a1cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75779,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBDE

secondary

#E8D0C5

accent

#551CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBDE

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

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