#73C7EA#73C7EA

#73C7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.096 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C7EA
RGB	rgb(115, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -16.12, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 29.91, 237.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0652 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.096 227)
XYZ	xyz(42.3394, 50.4287, 85.3285)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C7EA #EA9673

analogous

#73EAD1 #73C7EA #738BEA

triadic

#73C7EA #EA73C7 #C7EA73

tetradic

#73C7EA #D173EA #EA9673 #8BEA73

square

#73C7EA #D173EA #EA9673 #8BEA73

split-complementary

#73C7EA #EA738B #EAD173

monochromatic

#1E94C5 #3EB2E2 #73C7EA #A8DCF2 #DDF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#73C7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#73C7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C7EA

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C7EA	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.096 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f0',
    500: '#73c7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c7ea;
$custom-light: #a3d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78941,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.50432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C7EA

secondary

#C2663F

accent

#4A0FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C7EA

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

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