#73C8EF#73C8EF

#73C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.099 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8EF
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -15.23, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 31.16, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0645 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.099 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2987, 51.1817, 89.2419)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8EF #EF9A73

analogous

#73EFD8 #73C8EF #738AEF

triadic

#73C8EF #EF73C8 #C8EF73

tetradic

#73C8EF #D873EF #EF9A73 #8AEF73

square

#73C8EF #D873EF #EF9A73 #8AEF73

split-complementary

#73C8EF #EF738A #EFD873

monochromatic

#1896D0 #3CB2E9 #73C8EF #AADEF5 #E1F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#73C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#73C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8EF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8EF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.099 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f4',
    500: '#73c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8ef;
$custom-light: #a3d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.871,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79364,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8EF

secondary

#C86A3E

accent

#4C0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8EF

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

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