#73BDCF#73BDCF

#73BDCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.078 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDCF
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -18.33, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 24.50, 221.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0639 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.078 215)
XYZ	xyz(36.5262, 44.5423, 65.6921)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDCF #CF8573

analogous

#73CFB3 #73BDCF #738FCF

triadic

#73BDCF #CF73BD #BDCF73

tetradic

#73BDCF #B373CF #CF8573 #8FCF73

square

#73BDCF #B373CF #CF8573 #8FCF73

split-complementary

#73BDCF #CF738F #CFB373

monochromatic

#338295 #45A8BF #73BDCF #A1D2DF #CEE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#73BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#73BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDCF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDCF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.078 215.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.44545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDCF

secondary

#DFC5BE

accent

#4629BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDCF

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

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