#73C6EB#73C6EB

#73C6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.097 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C6EB
RGB	rgb(115, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -15.32, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 30.27, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0637 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.097 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2541, 50.0276, 86.0108)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C6EB #EB9873

analogous

#73EBD4 #73C6EB #738AEB

triadic

#73C6EB #EB73C6 #C6EB73

tetradic

#73C6EB #D473EB #EB9873 #8AEB73

square

#73C6EB #D473EB #EB9873 #8AEB73

split-complementary

#73C6EB #EB738A #EBD473

monochromatic

#1C93C7 #3DB0E3 #73C6EB #A9DCF3 #DEF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#73C6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#73C6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C6EB

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C6EB	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AD1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.097 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d7f1',
    500: '#73c6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c6eb;
$custom-light: #a3d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C6EB

secondary

#C3683F

accent

#4C0ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C6EB

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

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