#73C8DC#73C8DC

#73C8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.087 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8DC
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -20.48, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 27.23, 221.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0716 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.087 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6379, 50.1174, 75.2284)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8DC #DC8773

analogous

#73DCBC #73C8DC #7393DC

triadic

#73C8DC #DC73C8 #C8DC73

tetradic

#73C8DC #BC73DC #DC8773 #93DC73

square

#73C8DC #BC73DC #DC8773 #93DC73

split-complementary

#73C8DC #DC7393 #DCBC73

monochromatic

#2B92AA #42B5D0 #73C8DC #A4DBE8 #D5EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#73C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#73C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8DC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8DC	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.087 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d8e6',
    500: '#73c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8dc;
$custom-light: #a2d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78633,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8DC

secondary

#AD5A47

accent

#3E1EC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8DC

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

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