#73C4E2#73C4E2

#73C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.090 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4E2
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -16.79, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 28.15, 233.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0648 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.09 224)
XYZ	xyz(40.5325, 48.6124, 79.1840)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4E2 #E29173

analogous

#73E2C8 #73C4E2 #738DE2

triadic

#73C4E2 #E273C4 #C4E273

tetradic

#73C4E2 #C873E2 #E29173 #8DE273

square

#73C4E2 #C873E2 #E29173 #8DE273

split-complementary

#73C4E2 #E2738D #E2C873

monochromatic

#268EB5 #40AFD7 #73C4E2 #A6D9ED #D8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#73C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#73C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4E2

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4E2	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.090 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6eb',
    500: '#73c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4e2;
$custom-light: #a2d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77955,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.48616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4E2

secondary

#EAD0C7

accent

#4918CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4E2

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

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