#73BED9#73BED9

#73BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.084 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BED9
RGB	rgb(115, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -16.15, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 26.31, 232.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0612 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.084 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0035, 45.4786, 72.4078)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BED9 #D98E73

analogous

#73D9C1 #73BED9 #738BD9

triadic

#73BED9 #D973BE #BED973

tetradic

#73BED9 #C173D9 #D98E73 #8BD973

square

#73BED9 #C173D9 #D98E73 #8BD973

split-complementary

#73BED9 #D9738B #D9C173

monochromatic

#2D85A5 #43A8CC #73BED9 #A3D4E6 #D3EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#73BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#73BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BED9

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BED9	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.084 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e4',
    500: '#73bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bed9;
$custom-light: #a1d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BED9

secondary

#E5CCC3

accent

#4C21C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BED9

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

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