#73BCDD#73BCDD

#73BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.087 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCDD
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -14.00, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 27.44, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0574 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.087 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0998, 44.8288, 75.0377)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCDD #DD9473

analogous

#73DDC9 #73BCDD #7387DD

triadic

#73BCDD #DD73BC #BCDD73

tetradic

#73BCDD #C973DD #DD9473 #87DD73

square

#73BCDD #C973DD #DD9473 #87DD73

split-complementary

#73BCDD #DD7387 #DDC973

monochromatic

#2A83AC #42A4D1 #73BCDD #A4D4E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#73BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#73BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCDD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCDD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.087 228.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75963,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCDD

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#521DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCDD

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

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