#73C0DC#73C0DC

#73C0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.086 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C0DC
RGB	rgb(115, 192, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -16.37, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 26.93, 232.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0624 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.086 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8334, 46.5084, 74.6269)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C0DC #DC8F73

analogous

#73DCC3 #73C0DC #738BDC

triadic

#73C0DC #DC73C0 #C0DC73

tetradic

#73C0DC #C373DC #DC8F73 #8BDC73

square

#73C0DC #C373DC #DC8F73 #8BDC73

split-complementary

#73C0DC #DC738B #DCC373

monochromatic

#2B88AA #42AAD0 #73C0DC #A4D6E8 #D5ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#73C0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#73C0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C0DC

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C0DC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 192, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.086 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d3e7',
    500: '#73c0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c0dc;
$custom-light: #a1d3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76824,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C0DC

secondary

#E7CDC4

accent

#4B1EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C0DC

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

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