#73CDED#73CDED

#73CDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.097 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CDED
RGB	rgb(115, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -18.37, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 30.29, 232.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0708 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.097 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1818, 53.4181, 88.0868)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CDED #ED9373

analogous

#73EDD0 #73CDED #7390ED

triadic

#73CDED #ED73CD #CDED73

tetradic

#73CDED #D073ED #ED9373 #90ED73

square

#73CDED #D073ED #ED9373 #90ED73

split-complementary

#73CDED #ED7390 #EDD073

monochromatic

#1A9DCB #3DBAE6 #73CDED #A9E0F4 #DFF4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#73CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#73CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CDED

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CDED	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.097 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf3',
    500: '#73cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73cded;
$custom-light: #a3dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80402,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CDED

secondary

#C6623F

accent

#420CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CDED

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

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