#73C4E4#73C4E4

#73C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.091 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4E4
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -16.24, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 28.62, 235.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.064 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.091 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8085, 48.7228, 80.6377)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4E4 #E49373

analogous

#73E4CC #73C4E4 #738CE4

triadic

#73C4E4 #E473C4 #C4E473

tetradic

#73C4E4 #CC73E4 #E49373 #8CE473

square

#73C4E4 #CC73E4 #E49373 #8CE473

split-complementary

#73C4E4 #E4738C #E4CC73

monochromatic

#248FB9 #40AEDA #73C4E4 #A6DAEE #DAEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#73C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#73C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4E4

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4E4	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.091 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6ec',
    500: '#73c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4e4;
$custom-light: #a2d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78033,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4E4

secondary

#EBD2C8

accent

#4A16D0

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4E4

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

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