#73C8F0#73C8F0

#73C8F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.100 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8F0
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 240)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -14.95, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 31.45, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0642 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.1 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4468, 51.2410, 90.0221)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8F0 #F09B73

analogous

#73F0DA #73C8F0 #738AF0

triadic

#73C8F0 #F073C8 #C8F073

tetradic

#73C8F0 #DA73F0 #F09B73 #8AF073

square

#73C8F0 #DA73F0 #F09B73 #8AF073

split-complementary

#73C8F0 #F0738A #F0DA73

monochromatic

#1796D2 #3CB2EA #73C8F0 #AADEF6 #E2F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#73C8F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#73C8F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8F0

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8F0	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.100 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d8f5',
    500: '#73c8f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8f0;
$custom-light: #a3d8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79404,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8F0

secondary

#C96B3E

accent

#4D09DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8F0

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

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