#73BCD9#73BCD9

#73BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.084 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCD9
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -15.11, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 26.38, 235.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0589 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.084 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5733, 44.6181, 72.2644)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCD9 #D99073

analogous

#73D9C3 #73BCD9 #7389D9

triadic

#73BCD9 #D973BC #BCD973

tetradic

#73BCD9 #C373D9 #D99073 #89D973

square

#73BCD9 #C373D9 #D99073 #89D973

split-complementary

#73BCD9 #D97389 #D9C373

monochromatic

#2D83A5 #43A5CC #73BCD9 #A3D3E6 #D3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#73BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCD9

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCD9	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.084 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e4',
    500: '#73bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcd9;
$custom-light: #a1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.059,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75807,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCD9

secondary

#E5CCC3

accent

#4F21C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCD9

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

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