#73C4EA#73C4EA

#73C4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.096 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4EA
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -14.56, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 30.22, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0618 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.096 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6559, 49.0618, 85.1007)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4EA #EA9973

analogous

#73EAD5 #73C4EA #7388EA

triadic

#73C4EA #EA73C4 #C4EA73

tetradic

#73C4EA #D573EA #EA9973 #88EA73

square

#73C4EA #D573EA #EA9973 #88EA73

split-complementary

#73C4EA #EA7388 #EAD573

monochromatic

#1E90C5 #3EAEE2 #73C4EA #A8DAF2 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#73C4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#73C4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4EA

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4EA	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DCFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.096 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f0',
    500: '#73c4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4ea;
$custom-light: #a2d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.16,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78271,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4EA

secondary

#EED6CA

accent

#4F0FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4EA

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

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