#73BFDB#73BFDB

#73BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.085 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BFDB
RGB	rgb(115, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -16.13, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 26.73, 232.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0616 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.085 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4825, 46.0179, 73.8586)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BFDB #DB8F73

analogous

#73DBC3 #73BFDB #738BDB

triadic

#73BFDB #DB73BF #BFDB73

tetradic

#73BFDB #C373DB #DB8F73 #8BDB73

square

#73BFDB #C373DB #DB8F73 #8BDB73

split-complementary

#73BFDB #DB738B #DBC373

monochromatic

#2B87A8 #42A9CE #73BFDB #A4D5E8 #D4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#73BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#73BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BFDB

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BFDB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.085 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e6',
    500: '#73bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bfdb;
$custom-light: #a1d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7656,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BFDB

secondary

#E6CDC3

accent

#4C1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BFDB

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

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