#73ACD4#73ACD4

#73ACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.084 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ACD4
RGB	rgb(115, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -7.95, -26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 27.25, 253.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0417 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.084 240)
XYZ	xyz(33.7023, 37.9010, 67.8143)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ACD4 #D49B73

analogous

#73D4CB #73ACD4 #737CD4

triadic

#73ACD4 #D473AC #ACD473

tetradic

#73ACD4 #CB73D4 #D49B73 #7CD473

square

#73ACD4 #CB73D4 #D49B73 #7CD473

split-complementary

#73ACD4 #D4737C #D4CB73

monochromatic

#30709D #4490C6 #73ACD4 #A2C8E2 #D1E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#73ACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#73ACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ACD4

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ACD4	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73acd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.084 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4e1',
    500: '#73acd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73acd4;
$custom-light: #a0c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73acd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.742,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72025,
    "c": 0.0835,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.37903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ACD4

secondary

#E2CEC0

accent

#6525C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ACD4

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

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