#73CDEB#73CDEB

#73CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.096 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CDEB
RGB	rgb(115, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -18.93, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 29.87, 230.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0715 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.096 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8913, 53.3019, 86.5565)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CDEB #EB9173

analogous

#73EBCD #73CDEB #7391EB

triadic

#73CDEB #EB73CD #CDEB73

tetradic

#73CDEB #CD73EB #EB9173 #91EB73

square

#73CDEB #CD73EB #EB9173 #91EB73

split-complementary

#73CDEB #EB7391 #EBCD73

monochromatic

#1C9CC7 #3DBAE3 #73CDEB #A9E0F3 #DEF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#73CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#73CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CDEB

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CDEB	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.096 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf1',
    500: '#73cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73cdeb;
$custom-light: #a3dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80325,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CDEB

secondary

#C3603F

accent

#410ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CDEB

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

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