#73C4E7#73C4E7

#73C4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.094 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4E7
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -15.40, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 29.39, 238.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0629 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.094 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2286, 48.8908, 82.8501)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4E7 #E79673

analogous

#73E7D0 #73C4E7 #738AE7

triadic

#73C4E7 #E773C4 #C4E773

tetradic

#73C4E7 #D073E7 #E79673 #8AE773

square

#73C4E7 #D073E7 #E79673 #8AE773

split-complementary

#73C4E7 #E7738A #E7D073

monochromatic

#218FBF #3FAEDE #73C4E7 #A7DAF0 #DBF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#73C4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#73C4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4E7

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4E7	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.094 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6ee',
    500: '#73c4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4e7;
$custom-light: #a2d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.103,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78151,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4E7

secondary

#EDD4C9

accent

#4D13D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4E7

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

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