#73C4EF#73C4EF

#73C4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.100 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C4EF
RGB	rgb(115, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -13.13, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 31.75, 245.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0601 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.1 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3844, 49.3531, 88.9372)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C4EF #EF9E73

analogous

#73EFDC #73C4EF #7386EF

triadic

#73C4EF #EF73C4 #C4EF73

tetradic

#73C4EF #DC73EF #EF9E73 #86EF73

square

#73C4EF #DC73EF #EF9E73 #86EF73

split-complementary

#73C4EF #EF7386 #EFDC73

monochromatic

#1890D0 #3CADE9 #73C4EF #AADBF5 #E1F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#73C4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#73C4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C4EF

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C4EF	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.100 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5f4',
    500: '#73c4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c4ef;
$custom-light: #a3d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C4EF

secondary

#F1D9CD

accent

#530ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C4EF

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

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