#73C4E8#73C4E8

#73C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.094 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4E8
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -15.12, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 29.66, 239.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0626 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.094 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3703, 48.9475, 83.5960)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4E8 #E89773

analogous

#73E8D2 #73C4E8 #7389E8

triadic

#73C4E8 #E873C4 #C4E873

tetradic

#73C4E8 #D273E8 #E89773 #89E873

square

#73C4E8 #D273E8 #E89773 #89E873

split-complementary

#73C4E8 #E87389 #E8D273

monochromatic

#208FC1 #3EAEDF #73C4E8 #A8DAF1 #DCF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#73C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#73C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4E8

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4E8	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FCED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.094 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5ef',
    500: '#73c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4e8;
$custom-light: #a2d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78191,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4E8

secondary

#EDD5CA

accent

#4D12D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4E8

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

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