#73C8DB#73C8DB

#73C8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.087 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8DB
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -20.75, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 27.12, 220.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.072 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.087 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5058, 50.0646, 74.5330)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8DB #DB8673

analogous

#73DBBA #73C8DB #7394DB

triadic

#73C8DB #DB73C8 #C8DB73

tetradic

#73C8DB #BA73DB #DB8673 #94DB73

square

#73C8DB #BA73DB #DB8673 #94DB73

split-complementary

#73C8DB #DB7394 #DBBA73

monochromatic

#2B91A8 #42B5CE #73C8DB #A4DBE8 #D4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#73C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#73C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8DB

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8DB	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.087 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8e6',
    500: '#73c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8db;
$custom-light: #a1d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.962,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78596,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8DB

secondary

#AB5947

accent

#3D1FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8DB

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

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