#73CAEE#73CAEE

#73CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.098 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CAEE
RGB	rgb(115, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -16.55, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 30.69, 237.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0671 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.098 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6176, 52.0552, 88.6215)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CAEE #EE9773

analogous

#73EED5 #73CAEE #738DEE

triadic

#73CAEE #EE73CA #CAEE73

tetradic

#73CAEE #D573EE #EE9773 #8DEE73

square

#73CAEE #D573EE #EE9773 #8DEE73

split-complementary

#73CAEE #EE738D #EED573

monochromatic

#1999CE #3CB5E7 #73CAEE #AADFF5 #E0F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#73CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#73CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CAEE

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CAEE	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)

#B7C7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.098 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf3',
    500: '#73caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73caee;
$custom-light: #a3daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CAEE

secondary

#C7663E

accent

#480BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CAEE

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

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