#73C8FF#73C8FF

#73C8FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.114 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8FF
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(204, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -10.61, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 36.43, 253.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.059 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.114 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7678, 52.1694, 102.2462)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8FF #FFAA73

analogous

#73FFF0 #73C8FF #7382FF

triadic

#73C8FF #FF73C8 #C8FF73

tetradic

#73C8FF #F073FF #FFAA73 #82FF73

square

#73C8FF #F073FF #FFAA73 #82FF73

split-complementary

#73C8FF #FF7382 #FFF073

monochromatic

#0096F8 #36B0FF #73C8FF #B0E0FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#73C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#73C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8FF

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8FF	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.114 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8ff',
    500: '#73c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8ff;
$custom-light: #a4d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80031,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8FF

secondary

#DC7A3A

accent

#5A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8FF

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

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