#73C7EF#73C7EF

#73C7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.100 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C7EF
RGB	rgb(115, 199, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -14.71, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 31.29, 241.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0634 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.1 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0678, 50.7200, 89.1650)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C7EF #EF9B73

analogous

#73EFD9 #73C7EF #7389EF

triadic

#73C7EF #EF73C7 #C7EF73

tetradic

#73C7EF #D973EF #EF9B73 #89EF73

square

#73C7EF #D973EF #EF9B73 #89EF73

split-complementary

#73C7EF #EF7389 #EFD973

monochromatic

#1894D0 #3CB1E9 #73C7EF #AADDF5 #E1F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#73C7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#73C7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C7EF

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C7EF	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 199, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.100 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f4',
    500: '#73c7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c7ef;
$custom-light: #a3d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79141,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C7EF

secondary

#C86B3E

accent

#4D0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C7EF

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

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