#73BCD8#73BCD8

#73BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.083 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCD8
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -15.38, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 26.14, 233.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0593 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.083 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4436, 44.5663, 71.5815)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCD8 #D88F73

analogous

#73D8C2 #73BCD8 #7389D8

triadic

#73BCD8 #D873BC #BCD873

tetradic

#73BCD8 #C273D8 #D88F73 #89D873

square

#73BCD8 #C273D8 #D88F73 #89D873

split-complementary

#73BCD8 #D87389 #D8C273

monochromatic

#2D83A3 #43A5CB #73BCD8 #A3D3E5 #D3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#73BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCD8

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCD8	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.083 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e4',
    500: '#73bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcd8;
$custom-light: #a1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCD8

secondary

#E5CCC2

accent

#4F22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCD8

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

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