#73BFDE#73BFDE

#73BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.087 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BFDE
RGB	rgb(115, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -15.30, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 27.45, 236.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0605 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.087 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8810, 46.1773, 75.9573)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BFDE #DE9273

analogous

#73DEC7 #73BFDE #7389DE

triadic

#73BFDE #DE73BF #BFDE73

tetradic

#73BFDE #C773DE #DE9273 #89DE73

square

#73BFDE #C773DE #DE9273 #89DE73

split-complementary

#73BFDE #DE7389 #DEC773

monochromatic

#2987AE #41A8D2 #73BFDE #A5D6EA #D6ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#73BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#73BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BFDE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BFDE	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.087 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e8',
    500: '#73bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bfde;
$custom-light: #a1d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.383,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76676,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BFDE

secondary

#E8CFC5

accent

#4E1CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BFDE

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

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