#73BDCD#73BDCD

#73BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.077 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDCD
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -18.86, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 24.27, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0647 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.077 213)
XYZ	xyz(36.2832, 44.4451, 64.4126)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDCD #CD8373

analogous

#73CDB0 #73BDCD #7390CD

triadic

#73BDCD #CD73BD #BDCD73

tetradic

#73BDCD #B073CD #CD8373 #90CD73

square

#73BDCD #B073CD #CD8373 #90CD73

split-complementary

#73BDCD #CD7390 #CDB073

monochromatic

#348192 #46A8BD #73BDCD #A0D2DD #CDE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#73BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDCD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDCD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.077 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1dc',
    500: '#73bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdcd;
$custom-light: #a0d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75583,
    "c": 0.07712,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.44448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDCD

secondary

#DEC3BE

accent

#442BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDCD

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

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