#73BDCE#73BDCE

#73BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.078 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDCE
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -18.60, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 24.38, 220.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0643 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.078 214)
XYZ	xyz(36.4043, 44.4935, 65.0503)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDCE #CE8473

analogous

#73CEB1 #73BDCE #738FCE

triadic

#73BDCE #CE73BD #BDCE73

tetradic

#73BDCE #B173CE #CE8473 #8FCE73

square

#73BDCE #B173CE #CE8473 #8FCE73

split-complementary

#73BDCE #CE738F #CEB173

monochromatic

#338193 #46A8BE #73BDCE #A0D2DE #CEE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#73BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDCE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDCE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.078 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1dd',
    500: '#73bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdce;
$custom-light: #a0d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.209,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.07755,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.44496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDCE

secondary

#DFC4BE

accent

#452ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDCE

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

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