#73C4E9#73C4E9

#73C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.095 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4E9
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -14.84, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 29.94, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0622 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.095 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5127, 49.0045, 84.3462)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4E9 #E99873

analogous

#73E9D3 #73C4E9 #7389E9

triadic

#73C4E9 #E973C4 #C4E973

tetradic

#73C4E9 #D373E9 #E99873 #89E973

square

#73C4E9 #D373E9 #E99873 #89E973

split-complementary

#73C4E9 #E97389 #E9D373

monochromatic

#1F8FC3 #3EAEE1 #73C4E9 #A8DAF1 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#73C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#73C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4E9

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4E9	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ECFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.095 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f0',
    500: '#73c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4e9;
$custom-light: #a2d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.814,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78231,
    "c": 0.09528,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4E9

secondary

#EED5CA

accent

#4E11D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4E9

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

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