#73C5FE#73C5FE

#73C5FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.114 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5FE
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 254)
HSL	hsl(205, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -9.31, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 36.85, 255.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0561 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.114 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9193, 50.7292, 101.1713)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5FE #FEAC73

analogous

#73FEF1 #73C5FE #7380FE

triadic

#73C5FE #FE73C5 #C5FE73

tetradic

#73C5FE #F173FE #FEAC73 #80FE73

square

#73C5FE #F173FE #FEAC73 #80FE73

split-complementary

#73C5FE #FE7380 #FEF173

monochromatic

#0291F5 #36ACFE #73C5FE #B0DEFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#73C5FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#73C5FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5FE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5FE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.114 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6ff',
    500: '#73c5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5fe;
$custom-light: #a4d6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 98.582,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79331,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5FE

secondary

#DB7C3A

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5FE

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

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