#73CAEC#73CAEC

#73CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.097 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CAEC
RGB	rgb(115, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -17.11, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 30.20, 235.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0678 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.097 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3254, 51.9384, 87.0826)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CAEC #EC9573

analogous

#73ECD2 #73CAEC #738EEC

triadic

#73CAEC #EC73CA #CAEC73

tetradic

#73CAEC #D273EC #EC9573 #8EEC73

square

#73CAEC #D273EC #EC9573 #8EEC73

split-complementary

#73CAEC #EC738E #ECD273

monochromatic

#1B98C9 #3DB6E5 #73CAEC #A9DEF3 #DFF3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#73CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#73CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CAEC

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CAEC	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.097 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf2',
    500: '#73caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73caec;
$custom-light: #a3daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79691,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CAEC

secondary

#C4643F

accent

#460DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CAEC

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

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