#73C8F9#73C8F9

#73C8F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.108 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8F9
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 249)
HSL	hsl(202, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -12.36, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 34.29, 248.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.061 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.108 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8171, 51.7891, 97.2387)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8F9 #F9A473

analogous

#73F9E7 #73C8F9 #7385F9

triadic

#73C8F9 #F973C8 #C8F973

tetradic

#73C8F9 #E773F9 #F9A473 #85F973

square

#73C8F9 #E773F9 #F9A473 #85F973

split-complementary

#73C8F9 #F97385 #F9E773

monochromatic

#0A97E8 #38B1F6 #73C8F9 #AEDFFC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#73C8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#73C8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8F9

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8F9	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.108 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8fb',
    500: '#73c8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8f9;
$custom-light: #a4d8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.94,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8F9

secondary

#D4743C

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8F9

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

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