#73C8DA#73C8DA

#73C8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.086 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8DA
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -21.02, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 27.01, 218.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0724 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.086 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3746, 50.0121, 73.8418)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8DA #DA8573

analogous

#73DAB8 #73C8DA #7395DA

triadic

#73C8DA #DA73C8 #C8DA73

tetradic

#73C8DA #B873DA #DA8573 #95DA73

square

#73C8DA #B873DA #DA8573 #95DA73

split-complementary

#73C8DA #DA7395 #DAB873

monochromatic

#2C91A7 #43B5CD #73C8DA #A3DBE7 #D4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#73C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#73C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8DA

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8DA	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.086 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8e5',
    500: '#73c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8da;
$custom-light: #a1d8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.485,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7856,
    "c": 0.08619,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8DA

secondary

#AA5947

accent

#3D20C6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8DA

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

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