#73CBEB#73CBEB

#73CBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.096 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CBEB
RGB	rgb(115, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -17.91, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 29.92, 233.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0693 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.096 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4159, 52.3512, 86.3980)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CBEB #EB9373

analogous

#73EBCF #73CBEB #738FEB

triadic

#73CBEB #EB73CB #CBEB73

tetradic

#73CBEB #CF73EB #EB9373 #8FEB73

square

#73CBEB #CF73EB #EB9373 #8FEB73

split-complementary

#73CBEB #EB738F #EBCF73

monochromatic

#1C9AC7 #3DB7E3 #73CBEB #A9DFF3 #DEF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#73CBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#73CBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CBEB

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CBEB	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.096 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbf1',
    500: '#73cbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73cbeb;
$custom-light: #a3dbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79876,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CBEB

secondary

#C3623F

accent

#440ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CBEB

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

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