#73C4E6#73C4E6

#73C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.093 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4E6
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -15.68, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 29.13, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0633 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.093 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0878, 48.8345, 82.1084)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4E6 #E69573

analogous

#73E6CE #73C4E6 #738BE6

triadic

#73C4E6 #E673C4 #C4E673

tetradic

#73C4E6 #CE73E6 #E69573 #8BE673

square

#73C4E6 #CE73E6 #E69573 #8BE673

split-complementary

#73C4E6 #E6738B #E6CE73

monochromatic

#228FBD #3FAEDD #73C4E6 #A7DAEF #DBF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#73C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#73C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4E6

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4E6	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.093 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6ee',
    500: '#73c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4e6;
$custom-light: #a2d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.739,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78112,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4E6

secondary

#ECD3C9

accent

#4C14D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4E6

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

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