#73BCD2#73BCD2

#73BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.079 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCD2
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -17.01, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 24.90, 226.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0615 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.079 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6820, 44.2617, 67.5706)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCD2 #D28973

analogous

#73D2B8 #73BCD2 #738CD2

triadic

#73BCD2 #D273BC #BCD273

tetradic

#73BCD2 #B873D2 #D28973 #8CD273

square

#73BCD2 #B873D2 #D28973 #8CD273

split-complementary

#73BCD2 #D2738C #D2B873

monochromatic

#318199 #45A6C3 #73BCD2 #A1D2E1 #D0E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#73BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCD2

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCD2	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)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.079 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0df',
    500: '#73bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcd2;
$custom-light: #a0d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.895,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7554,
    "c": 0.07937,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCD2

secondary

#E1C7C0

accent

#4A27BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCD2

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

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