#73C5EE#73C5EE

#73C5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.099 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5EE
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -13.95, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 31.27, 243.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0615 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.099 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4634, 49.7468, 88.2367)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5EE #EE9C73

analogous

#73EEDA #73C5EE #7388EE

triadic

#73C5EE #EE73C5 #C5EE73

tetradic

#73C5EE #DA73EE #EE9C73 #88EE73

square

#73C5EE #DA73EE #EE9C73 #88EE73

split-complementary

#73C5EE #EE7388 #EEDA73

monochromatic

#1991CE #3CAEE7 #73C5EE #AADCF5 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#73C5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#73C5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5EE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5EE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.099 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6f3',
    500: '#73c5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5ee;
$custom-light: #a3d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78656,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5EE

secondary

#F0D8CD

accent

#500BDB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5EE

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

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