#73BCDB#73BCDB

#73BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.085 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCDB
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -14.56, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 26.89, 237.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0581 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.085 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8350, 44.7228, 73.6427)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCDB #DB9273

analogous

#73DBC6 #73BCDB #7388DB

triadic

#73BCDB #DB73BC #BCDB73

tetradic

#73BCDB #C673DB #DB9273 #88DB73

square

#73BCDB #C673DB #DB9273 #88DB73

split-complementary

#73BCDB #DB7388 #DBC673

monochromatic

#2B83A8 #42A5CE #73BCDB #A4D3E8 #D4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#73BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#73BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCDB

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCDB	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.085 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e6',
    500: '#73bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcdb;
$custom-light: #a1d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75885,
    "c": 0.08543,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCDB

secondary

#E6CEC3

accent

#511FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCDB

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

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