#73C4E5#73C4E5

#73C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.092 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4E5
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -15.96, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 28.87, 236.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0637 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.092 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9478, 48.7785, 81.3709)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4E5 #E59473

analogous

#73E5CD #73C4E5 #738BE5

triadic

#73C4E5 #E573C4 #C4E573

tetradic

#73C4E5 #CD73E5 #E59473 #8BE573

square

#73C4E5 #CD73E5 #E59473 #8BE573

split-complementary

#73C4E5 #E5738B #E5CD73

monochromatic

#238FBB #3FAEDB #73C4E5 #A7DAEF #DAF0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#73C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#73C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4E5

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4E5	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.092 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6ed',
    500: '#73c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4e5;
$custom-light: #a2d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78072,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4E5

secondary

#ECD2C8

accent

#4B15D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4E5

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

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