#73CAEF#73CAEF

#73CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.099 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CAEF
RGB	rgb(115, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -16.27, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 30.95, 238.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0667 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.099 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7649, 52.1142, 89.3974)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CAEF #EF9873

analogous

#73EFD6 #73CAEF #738CEF

triadic

#73CAEF #EF73CA #CAEF73

tetradic

#73CAEF #D673EF #EF9873 #8CEF73

square

#73CAEF #D673EF #EF9873 #8CEF73

split-complementary

#73CAEF #EF738C #EFD673

monochromatic

#1899D0 #3CB5E9 #73CAEF #AADFF5 #E1F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#73CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#73CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CAEF

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CAEF	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.099 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf4',
    500: '#73caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73caef;
$custom-light: #a3daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79809,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CAEF

secondary

#C8673E

accent

#480ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CAEF

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

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