#73BCDF#73BCDF

#73BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.089 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCDF
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -13.45, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 28.01, 241.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0567 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.089 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3679, 44.9360, 76.4494)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCDF #DF9673

analogous

#73DFCC #73BCDF #7386DF

triadic

#73BCDF #DF73BC #BCDF73

tetradic

#73BCDF #CC73DF #DF9673 #86DF73

square

#73BCDF #CC73DF #DF9673 #86DF73

split-complementary

#73BCDF #DF7386 #DFCC73

monochromatic

#2884AF #41A4D4 #73BCDF #A5D4EA #D7ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#73BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#73BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCDF

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCDF	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.089 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e9',
    500: '#73bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcdf;
$custom-light: #a1d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.08862,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCDF

secondary

#E9D1C5

accent

#541BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCDF

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

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