#73BCDE#73BCDE

#73BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.088 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCDE
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -13.72, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 27.72, 240.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.057 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.088 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2335, 44.8822, 75.7415)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCDE #DE9573

analogous

#73DECA #73BCDE #7386DE

triadic

#73BCDE #DE73BC #BCDE73

tetradic

#73BCDE #CA73DE #DE9573 #86DE73

square

#73BCDE #CA73DE #DE9573 #86DE73

split-complementary

#73BCDE #DE7386 #DECA73

monochromatic

#2983AE #41A4D2 #73BCDE #A5D4EA #D6EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#73BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#73BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCDE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCDE	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.088 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e8',
    500: '#73bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcde;
$custom-light: #a1d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76003,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCDE

secondary

#E8D0C5

accent

#531CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCDE

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

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