#73ADD6#73ADD6

#73ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.085 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ADD6
RGB	rgb(115, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -7.93, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 27.77, 253.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0422 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.085 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1472, 38.3846, 69.2149)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ADD6 #D69C73

analogous

#73D6CD #73ADD6 #737CD6

triadic

#73ADD6 #D673AD #ADD673

tetradic

#73ADD6 #CD73D6 #D69C73 #7CD673

square

#73ADD6 #CD73D6 #D69C73 #7CD673

split-complementary

#73ADD6 #D6737C #D6CD73

monochromatic

#2F71A0 #4491C8 #73ADD6 #A2C9E4 #D2E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#73ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#73ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ADD6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ADD6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.085 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c5e2',
    500: '#73add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73add6;
$custom-light: #a0c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.848,
    "s": 54.696,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.08512,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ADD6

secondary

#E3CFC1

accent

#6523C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ADD6

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

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