#73BCEF#73BCEF

#73BCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.104 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCEF
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -8.88, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 33.53, 254.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0511 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.104 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6278, 45.8400, 88.3517)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCEF #EFA673

analogous

#73EFE4 #73BCEF #737EEF

triadic

#73BCEF #EF73BC #BCEF73

tetradic

#73BCEF #E473EF #EFA673 #7EEF73

square

#73BCEF #E473EF #EFA673 #7EEF73

split-complementary

#73BCEF #EF737E #EFE473

monochromatic

#1884D0 #3CA2E9 #73BCEF #AAD6F5 #E1F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#73BCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#73BCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCEF

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCEF	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.104 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f4',
    500: '#73bcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcef;
$custom-light: #a3d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.677,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76708,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCEF

secondary

#F1DCCD

accent

#600ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCEF

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

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