#73C8ED#73C8ED

#73C8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.098 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8ED
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -15.79, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 30.61, 238.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0652 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.098 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0049, 51.0642, 87.6945)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8ED #ED9873

analogous

#73EDD5 #73C8ED #738BED

triadic

#73C8ED #ED73C8 #C8ED73

tetradic

#73C8ED #D573ED #ED9873 #8BED73

square

#73C8ED #D573ED #ED9873 #8BED73

split-complementary

#73C8ED #ED738B #EDD573

monochromatic

#1A96CB #3DB3E6 #73C8ED #A9DDF4 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#73C8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#73C8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8ED

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8ED	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.098 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f3',
    500: '#73c8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8ed;
$custom-light: #a3d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8ED

secondary

#C6683F

accent

#4A0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8ED

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

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