#73BCDA#73BCDA

#73BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.085 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCDA
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -14.83, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 26.63, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0585 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.085 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7037, 44.6703, 72.9515)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCDA #DA9173

analogous

#73DAC5 #73BCDA #7388DA

triadic

#73BCDA #DA73BC #BCDA73

tetradic

#73BCDA #C573DA #DA9173 #88DA73

square

#73BCDA #C573DA #DA9173 #88DA73

split-complementary

#73BCDA #DA7388 #DAC573

monochromatic

#2C83A7 #43A5CD #73BCDA #A3D3E7 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#73BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#73BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCDA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCDA	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.085 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e5',
    500: '#73bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcda;
$custom-light: #a1d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75845,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCDA

secondary

#E6CDC3

accent

#5020C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCDA

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

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