#73C5EF#73C5EF

#73C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.100 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5EF
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -13.66, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 31.58, 244.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0612 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.1 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6107, 49.8058, 89.0126)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5EF #EF9D73

analogous

#73EFDB #73C5EF #7387EF

triadic

#73C5EF #EF73C5 #C5EF73

tetradic

#73C5EF #DB73EF #EF9D73 #87EF73

square

#73C5EF #DB73EF #EF9D73 #87EF73

split-complementary

#73C5EF #EF7387 #EFDB73

monochromatic

#1891D0 #3CAEE9 #73C5EF #AADCF5 #E1F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#73C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#73C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5EF

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5EF	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.100 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6f4',
    500: '#73c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5ef;
$custom-light: #a3d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78697,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5EF

secondary

#F1D9CD

accent

#510ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5EF

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

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