#73BDEF#73BDEF

#73BDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.103 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDEF
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -9.42, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 33.27, 253.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0523 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.103 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8422, 46.2687, 88.4231)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDEF #EFA573

analogous

#73EFE3 #73BDEF #737FEF

triadic

#73BDEF #EF73BD #BDEF73

tetradic

#73BDEF #E373EF #EFA573 #7FEF73

square

#73BDEF #E373EF #EFA573 #7FEF73

split-complementary

#73BDEF #EF737F #EFE373

monochromatic

#1886D0 #3CA3E9 #73BDEF #AAD7F5 #E1F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#73BDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#73BDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDEF

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDEF	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.103 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f4',
    500: '#73bdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdef;
$custom-light: #a3d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDEF

secondary

#F1DBCD

accent

#5E0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDEF

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

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