#73BDDB#73BDDB

#73BDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.085 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDDB
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -15.08, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 26.82, 235.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0593 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.085 226)
XYZ	xyz(38.0493, 45.1515, 73.7142)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDDB #DB9173

analogous

#73DBC5 #73BDDB #7389DB

triadic

#73BDDB #DB73BD #BDDB73

tetradic

#73BDDB #C573DB #DB9173 #89DB73

square

#73BDDB #C573DB #DB9173 #89DB73

split-complementary

#73BDDB #DB7389 #DBC573

monochromatic

#2B84A8 #42A6CE #73BDDB #A4D4E8 #D4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#73BDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#73BDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDDB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDDB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.085 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e6',
    500: '#73bddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bddb;
$custom-light: #a1d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76109,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.45155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDDB

secondary

#E6CEC3

accent

#4F1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDDB

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

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