#73C8EE#73C8EE

#73C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.099 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8EE
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -15.51, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 30.88, 239.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0649 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.099 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1514, 51.1228, 88.4661)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8EE #EE9973

analogous

#73EED7 #73C8EE #738BEE

triadic

#73C8EE #EE73C8 #C8EE73

tetradic

#73C8EE #D773EE #EE9973 #8BEE73

square

#73C8EE #D773EE #EE9973 #8BEE73

split-complementary

#73C8EE #EE738B #EED773

monochromatic

#1996CE #3CB3E7 #73C8EE #AADDF5 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#73C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#73C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8EE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8EE	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.099 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f3',
    500: '#73c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8ee;
$custom-light: #a3d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.537,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79324,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8EE

secondary

#C7693E

accent

#4B0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8EE

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

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