#73BED8#73BED8

#73BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.083 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BED8
RGB	rgb(115, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -16.43, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 26.10, 230.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0616 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.083 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8738, 45.4267, 71.7249)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BED8 #D88D73

analogous

#73D8C0 #73BED8 #738BD8

triadic

#73BED8 #D873BE #BED873

tetradic

#73BED8 #C073D8 #D88D73 #8BD873

square

#73BED8 #C073D8 #D88D73 #8BD873

split-complementary

#73BED8 #D8738B #D8C073

monochromatic

#2D85A3 #43A8CB #73BED8 #A3D4E5 #D3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#73BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#73BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BED8

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BED8	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.083 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e4',
    500: '#73bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bed8;
$custom-light: #a1d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76219,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BED8

secondary

#E5CBC2

accent

#4B22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BED8

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

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