#73BDDD#73BDDD

#73BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.087 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDDD
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -14.53, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 27.34, 237.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0586 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.087 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3142, 45.2575, 75.1091)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDDD #DD9373

analogous

#73DDC8 #73BDDD #7388DD

triadic

#73BDDD #DD73BD #BDDD73

tetradic

#73BDDD #C873DD #DD9373 #88DD73

square

#73BDDD #C873DD #DD9373 #88DD73

split-complementary

#73BDDD #DD7388 #DDC873

monochromatic

#2A85AC #42A6D1 #73BDDD #A4D4E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#73BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#73BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDDD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDDD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.087 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e7',
    500: '#73bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bddd;
$custom-light: #a1d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76188,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDDD

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#511DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDDD

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

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