#73BDE8#73BDE8

#73BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.096 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDE8
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -11.43, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 30.73, 248.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0546 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.096 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8280, 45.8630, 83.0819)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDE8 #E89E73

analogous

#73E8D8 #73BDE8 #7382E8

triadic

#73BDE8 #E873BD #BDE873

tetradic

#73BDE8 #D873E8 #E89E73 #82E873

square

#73BDE8 #D873E8 #E89E73 #82E873

split-complementary

#73BDE8 #E87382 #E8D873

monochromatic

#2086C1 #3EA4DF #73BDE8 #A8D6F1 #DCEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#73BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#73BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDE8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDE8	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.096 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0ef',
    500: '#73bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bde8;
$custom-light: #a2d0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.051,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76633,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDE8

secondary

#EDD7CA

accent

#5912D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDE8

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

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