#73BDDE#73BDDE

#73BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.088 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDDE
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -14.25, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 27.61, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0582 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.088 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4478, 45.3109, 75.8129)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDDE #DE9473

analogous

#73DECA #73BDDE #7387DE

triadic

#73BDDE #DE73BD #BDDE73

tetradic

#73BDDE #CA73DE #DE9473 #87DE73

square

#73BDDE #CA73DE #DE9473 #87DE73

split-complementary

#73BDDE #DE7387 #DECA73

monochromatic

#2985AE #41A6D2 #73BDDE #A5D4EA #D6ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#73BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#73BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDDE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDDE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.088 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e8',
    500: '#73bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdde;
$custom-light: #a1d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.505,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76227,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDDE

secondary

#E8D0C5

accent

#511CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDDE

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

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