#73C3FE#73C3FE

#73C3FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C3FE
RGB	rgb(115, 195, 254)
HSL	hsl(205, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -8.24, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 37.43, 257.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.054 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.116 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4682, 49.8270, 101.0209)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C3FE #FEAE73

analogous

#73FEF4 #73C3FE #737DFE

triadic

#73C3FE #FE73C3 #C3FE73

tetradic

#73C3FE #F473FE #FEAE73 #7DFE73

square

#73C3FE #F473FE #FEAE73 #7DFE73

split-complementary

#73C3FE #FE737D #FEF473

monochromatic

#028EF5 #36A9FE #73C3FE #B0DDFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#73C3FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#73C3FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C3FE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C3FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C3FE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B5FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c3fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 195, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d5ff',
    500: '#73c3fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c3fe;
$custom-light: #a4d5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c3fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.468,
    "s": 98.582,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78895,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C3FE

secondary

#F7E3D4

accent

#6100E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F4FAFF

border

#CED3D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8386

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C3FE

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

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