#73C8EA#73C8EA

#73C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.096 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8EA
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -16.64, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 29.84, 236.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0663 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.096 226)
XYZ	xyz(42.5702, 50.8903, 85.4054)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8EA #EA9573

analogous

#73EAD0 #73C8EA #738CEA

triadic

#73C8EA #EA73C8 #C8EA73

tetradic

#73C8EA #D073EA #EA9573 #8CEA73

square

#73C8EA #D073EA #EA9573 #8CEA73

split-complementary

#73C8EA #EA738C #EAD073

monochromatic

#1E95C5 #3EB3E2 #73C8EA #A8DDF2 #DDF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#73C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#73C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8EA

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8EA	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.096 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f0',
    500: '#73c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8ea;
$custom-light: #a3d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79165,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.50894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8EA

secondary

#C2653F

accent

#480FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8EA

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

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