#73CAEB#73CAEB

#73CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.096 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CAEB
RGB	rgb(115, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -17.39, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 29.96, 234.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0682 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.096 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1805, 51.8804, 86.3196)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CAEB #EB9473

analogous

#73EBD0 #73CAEB #738EEB

triadic

#73CAEB #EB73CA #CAEB73

tetradic

#73CAEB #D073EB #EB9473 #8EEB73

square

#73CAEB #D073EB #EB9473 #8EEB73

split-complementary

#73CAEB #EB738E #EBD073

monochromatic

#1C98C7 #3DB6E3 #73CAEB #A9DEF3 #DEF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#73CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#73CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CAEB

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CAEB	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.096 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf1',
    500: '#73caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73caeb;
$custom-light: #a3daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79652,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CAEB

secondary

#C3633F

accent

#460ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CAEB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →