#73BCEE#73BCEE

#73BCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.103 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCEE
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -9.17, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 33.15, 253.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0515 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.103 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4805, 45.7810, 87.5758)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCEE #EEA573

analogous

#73EEE2 #73BCEE #737FEE

triadic

#73BCEE #EE73BC #BCEE73

tetradic

#73BCEE #E273EE #EEA573 #7FEE73

square

#73BCEE #E273EE #EEA573 #7FEE73

split-complementary

#73BCEE #EE737F #EEE273

monochromatic

#1984CE #3CA2E7 #73BCEE #AAD6F5 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#73BCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#73BCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCEE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCEE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.103 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f3',
    500: '#73bcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcee;
$custom-light: #a2d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.39,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCEE

secondary

#F0DBCD

accent

#5F0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCEE

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

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