#73C5EA#73C5EA

#73C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.096 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5EA
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -15.08, -26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 30.11, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.063 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.096 229)
XYZ	xyz(41.8823, 49.5144, 85.1761)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5EA #EA9873

analogous

#73EAD3 #73C5EA #7389EA

triadic

#73C5EA #EA73C5 #C5EA73

tetradic

#73C5EA #D373EA #EA9873 #89EA73

square

#73C5EA #D373EA #EA9873 #89EA73

split-complementary

#73C5EA #EA7389 #EAD373

monochromatic

#1E91C5 #3EAFE2 #73C5EA #A8DBF2 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#73C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#73C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5EA

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5EA	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.096 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6f0',
    500: '#73c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5ea;
$custom-light: #a2d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78494,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.49518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5EA

secondary

#EED6CA

accent

#4D0FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5EA

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

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