#73BCD5#73BCD5

#73BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.081 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCD5
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -16.20, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 25.47, 230.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0604 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.081 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0593, 44.4126, 69.5575)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCD5 #D58C73

analogous

#73D5BD #73BCD5 #738BD5

triadic

#73BCD5 #D573BC #BCD573

tetradic

#73BCD5 #BD73D5 #D58C73 #8BD573

square

#73BCD5 #BD73D5 #D58C73 #8BD573

split-complementary

#73BCD5 #D5738B #D5BD73

monochromatic

#2F829E #44A5C7 #73BCD5 #A2D3E3 #D1E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#73BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCD5

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCD5	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.081 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e2',
    500: '#73bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcd5;
$custom-light: #a0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75653,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCD5

secondary

#E3CAC1

accent

#4C24C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCD5

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

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