#73C8EB#73C8EB

#73C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.096 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8EB
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -16.36, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 30.09, 237.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.066 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.096 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7143, 50.9480, 86.1642)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8EB #EB9673

analogous

#73EBD2 #73C8EB #738CEB

triadic

#73C8EB #EB73C8 #C8EB73

tetradic

#73C8EB #D273EB #EB9673 #8CEB73

square

#73C8EB #D273EB #EB9673 #8CEB73

split-complementary

#73C8EB #EB738C #EBD273

monochromatic

#1C95C7 #3DB3E3 #73C8EB #A9DDF3 #DEF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#73C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#73C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8EB

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8EB	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.096 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f1',
    500: '#73c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8eb;
$custom-light: #a3d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8EB

secondary

#C3663F

accent

#490ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8EB

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

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