#73BDEB#73BDEB

#73BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.099 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDEB
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -10.57, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 31.79, 250.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0536 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.099 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2578, 46.0349, 85.3453)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDEB #EBA173

analogous

#73EBDD #73BDEB #7381EB

triadic

#73BDEB #EB73BD #BDEB73

tetradic

#73BDEB #DD73EB #EBA173 #81EB73

square

#73BDEB #DD73EB #EBA173 #81EB73

split-complementary

#73BDEB #EB7381 #EBDD73

monochromatic

#1C86C7 #3DA4E3 #73BDEB #A9D6F3 #DEEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#73BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#73BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDEB

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDEB	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.099 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f1',
    500: '#73bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdeb;
$custom-light: #a2d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDEB

secondary

#EFD9CB

accent

#5B0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDEB

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

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