#73BFDD#73BFDD

#73BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.087 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BFDD
RGB	rgb(115, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -15.58, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 27.20, 235.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0609 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.087 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7474, 46.1239, 75.2535)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BFDD #DD9173

analogous

#73DDC6 #73BFDD #738ADD

triadic

#73BFDD #DD73BF #BFDD73

tetradic

#73BFDD #C673DD #DD9173 #8ADD73

square

#73BFDD #C673DD #DD9173 #8ADD73

split-complementary

#73BFDD #DD738A #DDC673

monochromatic

#2A87AC #42A8D1 #73BFDD #A4D6E9 #D5ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#73BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#73BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BFDD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BFDD	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.087 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e7',
    500: '#73bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bfdd;
$custom-light: #a1d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.08669,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BFDD

secondary

#E7CEC4

accent

#4D1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BFDD

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

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