#73C5DD#73C5DD

#73C5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.087 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5DD
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -18.68, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 27.17, 226.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0678 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.087 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0827, 48.7946, 75.6987)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5DD #DD8B73

analogous

#73DDC0 #73C5DD #7390DD

triadic

#73C5DD #DD73C5 #C5DD73

tetradic

#73C5DD #C073DD #DD8B73 #90DD73

square

#73C5DD #C073DD #DD8B73 #90DD73

split-complementary

#73C5DD #DD7390 #DDC073

monochromatic

#2A8EAC #42B1D1 #73C5DD #A4D9E9 #D5EEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#73C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#73C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5DD

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5DD	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BCDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.087 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6e7',
    500: '#73c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5dd;
$custom-light: #a1d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7799,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5DD

secondary

#E7CCC4

accent

#441DC9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5DD

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

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