#73BDEC#73BDEC

#73BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.100 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDEC
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -10.28, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 32.15, 251.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0533 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.1 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4027, 46.0929, 86.1083)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDEC #ECA273

analogous

#73ECDF #73BDEC #7381EC

triadic

#73BDEC #EC73BD #BDEC73

tetradic

#73BDEC #DF73EC #ECA273 #81EC73

square

#73BDEC #DF73EC #ECA273 #81EC73

split-complementary

#73BDEC #EC7381 #ECDF73

monochromatic

#1B86C9 #3DA4E5 #73BDEC #A9D6F3 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#73BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#73BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDEC

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDEC	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.100 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f2',
    500: '#73bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdec;
$custom-light: #a2d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.768,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDEC

secondary

#EFD9CC

accent

#5C0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDEC

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

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