#73C8D9#73C8D9

#73C8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.086 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8D9
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -21.29, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 26.92, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0728 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.086 212)
XYZ	xyz(40.2441, 49.9599, 73.1547)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8D9 #D98473

analogous

#73D9B7 #73C8D9 #7395D9

triadic

#73C8D9 #D973C8 #C8D973

tetradic

#73C8D9 #B773D9 #D98473 #95D973

square

#73C8D9 #B773D9 #D98473 #95D973

split-complementary

#73C8D9 #D97395 #D9B773

monochromatic

#2D91A5 #43B5CC #73C8D9 #A3DBE6 #D3EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#73C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#73C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8D9

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8D9	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DCFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.086 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d9e4',
    500: '#73c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8d9;
$custom-light: #a1d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78523,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.49963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8D9

secondary

#E5C8C3

accent

#3C21C5

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8D9

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

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