#73C5FD#73C5FD

#73C5FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.113 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5FD
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 253)
HSL	hsl(204, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -9.60, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 36.47, 254.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0565 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.113 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7596, 50.6653, 100.3301)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5FD #FDAB73

analogous

#73FDF0 #73C5FD #7380FD

triadic

#73C5FD #FD73C5 #C5FD73

tetradic

#73C5FD #F073FD #FDAB73 #80FD73

square

#73C5FD #F073FD #FDAB73 #80FD73

split-complementary

#73C5FD #FD7380 #FDF073

monochromatic

#0391F2 #37ACFC #73C5FD #AFDEFE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#73C5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#73C5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5FD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5FD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.113 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6fe',
    500: '#73c5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5fd;
$custom-light: #a4d6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79288,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5FD

secondary

#DA7B3B

accent

#5D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5FD

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

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