#73C8EC#73C8EC

#73C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.097 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8EC
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -16.08, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 30.35, 238.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0656 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.097 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8592, 51.0059, 86.9272)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8EC #EC9773

analogous

#73ECD4 #73C8EC #738CEC

triadic

#73C8EC #EC73C8 #C8EC73

tetradic

#73C8EC #D473EC #EC9773 #8CEC73

square

#73C8EC #D473EC #EC9773 #8CEC73

split-complementary

#73C8EC #EC738C #ECD473

monochromatic

#1B96C9 #3DB3E5 #73C8EC #A9DDF3 #DFF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#73C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#73C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8EC

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8EC	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.097 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f2',
    500: '#73c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8ec;
$custom-light: #a3d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8EC

secondary

#C4673F

accent

#4A0DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8EC

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

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