#73C8F8#73C8F8

#73C8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.107 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8F8
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 248)
HSL	hsl(202, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -12.65, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 33.95, 248.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0614 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.107 235)
XYZ	xyz(44.6615, 51.7268, 96.4194)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8F8 #F8A373

analogous

#73F8E5 #73C8F8 #7385F8

triadic

#73C8F8 #F873C8 #C8F873

tetradic

#73C8F8 #E573F8 #F8A373 #85F873

square

#73C8F8 #E573F8 #F8A373 #85F873

split-complementary

#73C8F8 #F87385 #F8E573

monochromatic

#0B97E5 #39B1F5 #73C8F8 #ADDFFB #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#73C8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#73C8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8F8

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8F8	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB8F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AD5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.107 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8fa',
    500: '#73c8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8f8;
$custom-light: #a4d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.654,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79733,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.51731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8F8

secondary

#D3733C

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8F8

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

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