#73BCD4#73BCD4

#73BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.081 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCD4
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -16.47, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 25.27, 229.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0608 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.081 221)
XYZ	xyz(36.9328, 44.3619, 68.8911)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCD4 #D48B73

analogous

#73D4BB #73BCD4 #738CD4

triadic

#73BCD4 #D473BC #BCD473

tetradic

#73BCD4 #BB73D4 #D48B73 #8CD473

square

#73BCD4 #BB73D4 #D48B73 #8CD473

split-complementary

#73BCD4 #D4738C #D4BB73

monochromatic

#30829D #44A6C6 #73BCD4 #A2D2E2 #D1E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#73BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCD4

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCD4	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.081 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e1',
    500: '#73bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcd4;
$custom-light: #a0d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75615,
    "c": 0.08056,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.44365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCD4

secondary

#E2C9C0

accent

#4C25C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCD4

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

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