#73C8FD#73C8FD

#73C8FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.112 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8FD
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 253)
HSL	hsl(203, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -11.19, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 35.70, 251.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0597 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.112 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4476, 52.0413, 100.5594)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8FD #FDA873

analogous

#73FDED #73C8FD #7383FD

triadic

#73C8FD #FD73C8 #C8FD73

tetradic

#73C8FD #ED73FD #FDA873 #83FD73

square

#73C8FD #ED73FD #FDA873 #83FD73

split-complementary

#73C8FD #FD7383 #FDED73

monochromatic

#0396F2 #37B0FC #73C8FD #AFE0FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#73C8FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#73C8FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8FD

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8FD	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.112 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8fe',
    500: '#73c8fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8fd;
$custom-light: #a4d8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.043,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79945,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8FD

secondary

#DA783B

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8FD

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

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