#73ADD4#73ADD4

#73ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.083 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ADD4
RGB	rgb(115, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -8.49, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 27.00, 251.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0429 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.083 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8933, 38.2831, 67.8779)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ADD4 #D49A73

analogous

#73D4CB #73ADD4 #737DD4

triadic

#73ADD4 #D473AD #ADD473

tetradic

#73ADD4 #CB73D4 #D49A73 #7DD473

square

#73ADD4 #CB73D4 #D49A73 #7DD473

split-complementary

#73ADD4 #D4737D #D4CB73

monochromatic

#30719D #4492C6 #73ADD4 #A2C8E2 #D1E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#73ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#73ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ADD4

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ADD4	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.083 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c5e1',
    500: '#73add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73add4;
$custom-light: #a0c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.124,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ADD4

secondary

#E2CEC0

accent

#6425C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ADD4

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

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