#73ADD9#73ADD9

#73ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.088 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73ADD9
RGB	rgb(115, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -7.08, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 28.97, 255.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0412 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.088 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5338, 38.5392, 71.2512)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73ADD9 #D99F73

analogous

#73D9D2 #73ADD9 #737AD9

triadic

#73ADD9 #D973AD #ADD973

tetradic

#73ADD9 #D273D9 #D99F73 #7AD973

square

#73ADD9 #D273D9 #D99F73 #7AD973

split-complementary

#73ADD9 #D9737A #D9D273

monochromatic

#2D71A5 #4391CC #73ADD9 #A3C9E6 #D3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#73ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#73ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73ADD9

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73ADD9	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.088 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c5e5',
    500: '#73add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73add9;
$custom-light: #a0c5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.882,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73ADD9

secondary

#E5D2C3

accent

#6721C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73ADD9

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

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