#73BCD7#73BCD7

#73BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.083 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCD7
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -15.66, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 25.91, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0596 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.083 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3147, 44.5147, 70.9027)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCD7 #D78E73

analogous

#73D7C0 #73BCD7 #738AD7

triadic

#73BCD7 #D773BC #BCD773

tetradic

#73BCD7 #C073D7 #D78E73 #8AD773

square

#73BCD7 #C073D7 #D78E73 #8AD773

split-complementary

#73BCD7 #D7738A #D7C073

monochromatic

#2E82A1 #43A5C9 #73BCD7 #A3D3E5 #D2EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#73BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCD7

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCD7	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.083 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e3',
    500: '#73bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcd7;
$custom-light: #a1d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCD7

secondary

#E4CBC2

accent

#4E22C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCD7

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

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