#73BDE7#73BDE7

#73BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.095 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDE7
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -11.72, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 30.39, 247.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.055 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.095 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6864, 45.8064, 82.3360)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDE7 #E79D73

analogous

#73E7D7 #73BDE7 #7383E7

triadic

#73BDE7 #E773BD #BDE773

tetradic

#73BDE7 #D773E7 #E79D73 #83E773

square

#73BDE7 #D773E7 #E79D73 #83E773

split-complementary

#73BDE7 #E77383 #E7D773

monochromatic

#2186BF #3FA4DE #73BDE7 #A7D6F0 #DBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#73BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#73BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDE7

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDE7	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.095 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0ee',
    500: '#73bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bde7;
$custom-light: #a2d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.724,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76591,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDE7

secondary

#EDD6C9

accent

#5813D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDE7

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

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