#73CDEE#73CDEE

#73CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.098 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CDEE
RGB	rgb(115, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -18.09, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 30.51, 233.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0704 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.098 224)
XYZ	xyz(44.3283, 53.4767, 88.8584)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CDEE #EE9473

analogous

#73EED2 #73CDEE #7390EE

triadic

#73CDEE #EE73CD #CDEE73

tetradic

#73CDEE #D273EE #EE9473 #90EE73

square

#73CDEE #D273EE #EE9473 #90EE73

split-complementary

#73CDEE #EE7390 #EED273

monochromatic

#199DCE #3CBAE7 #73CDEE #AAE0F5 #E0F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#73CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#73CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CDEE

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CDEE	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.098 224.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80441,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.53481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CDEE

secondary

#C7633E

accent

#430BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CDEE

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

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