#73BCDC#73BCDC

#73BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.086 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCDC
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -14.28, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 27.16, 238.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0578 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.086 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9670, 44.7756, 74.3381)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCDC #DC9373

analogous

#73DCC8 #73BCDC #7387DC

triadic

#73BCDC #DC73BC #BCDC73

tetradic

#73BCDC #C873DC #DC9373 #87DC73

square

#73BCDC #C873DC #DC9373 #87DC73

split-complementary

#73BCDC #DC7387 #DCC873

monochromatic

#2B83AA #42A5D0 #73BCDC #A4D3E8 #D5EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#73BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#73BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCDC

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCDC	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.086 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e7',
    500: '#73bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcdc;
$custom-light: #a1d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75924,
    "c": 0.08619,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCDC

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#521EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCDC

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

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