#73CAF0#73CAF0

#73CAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.100 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CAF0
RGB	rgb(115, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -15.98, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 31.22, 239.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0664 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.1 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9130, 52.1734, 90.1775)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CAF0 #F09973

analogous

#73F0D8 #73CAF0 #738CF0

triadic

#73CAF0 #F073CA #CAF073

tetradic

#73CAF0 #D873F0 #F09973 #8CF073

square

#73CAF0 #D873F0 #F09973 #8CF073

split-complementary

#73CAF0 #F0738C #F0D873

monochromatic

#1799D2 #3CB5EA #73CAF0 #AADFF6 #E2F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#73CAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#73CAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CAF0

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CAF0	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73caf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.100 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3daf5',
    500: '#73caf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73caf0;
$custom-light: #a3daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73caf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.24,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79849,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CAF0

secondary

#C9683E

accent

#4909DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CAF0

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

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