#73AFC8#73AFC8

#73AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.072 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFC8
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -12.87, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 22.79, 235.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0497 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.072 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8219, 38.4727, 60.3288)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFC8 #C88C73

analogous

#73C8B7 #73AFC8 #7385C8

triadic

#73AFC8 #C873AF #AFC873

tetradic

#73AFC8 #B773C8 #C88C73 #85C873

square

#73AFC8 #B773C8 #C88C73 #85C873

split-complementary

#73AFC8 #C87385 #C8B773

monochromatic

#36728A #4896B6 #73AFC8 #9FC8D9 #CBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#73AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#73AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFC8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFC8	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.072 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6d8',
    500: '#73afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afc8;
$custom-light: #9fc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72216,
    "c": 0.07185,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFC8

secondary

#DBC5BC

accent

#572FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFC8

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

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