#73C6EE#73C6EE

#73C6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.099 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C6EE
RGB	rgb(115, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -14.47, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 31.13, 242.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0627 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.099 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6912, 50.2025, 88.3127)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C6EE #EE9B73

analogous

#73EED9 #73C6EE #7389EE

triadic

#73C6EE #EE73C6 #C6EE73

tetradic

#73C6EE #D973EE #EE9B73 #89EE73

square

#73C6EE #D973EE #EE9B73 #89EE73

split-complementary

#73C6EE #EE7389 #EED973

monochromatic

#1993CE #3CB0E7 #73C6EE #AADCF5 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#73C6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#73C6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C6EE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C6EE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.099 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d7f3',
    500: '#73c6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c6ee;
$custom-light: #a3d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.512,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78878,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C6EE

secondary

#C76B3E

accent

#4E0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C6EE

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

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