#73CDF0#73CDF0

#73CDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.099 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CDF0
RGB	rgb(115, 205, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -17.53, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 30.97, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0697 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.099 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6238, 53.5949, 90.4145)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CDF0 #F09673

analogous

#73F0D5 #73CDF0 #738FF0

triadic

#73CDF0 #F073CD #CDF073

tetradic

#73CDF0 #D573F0 #F09673 #8FF073

square

#73CDF0 #D573F0 #F09673 #8FF073

split-complementary

#73CDF0 #F0738F #F0D573

monochromatic

#179ED2 #3CB9EA #73CDF0 #AAE1F6 #E2F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#73CDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#73CDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CDF0

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CDF0	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 205, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.099 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcf5',
    500: '#73cdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73cdf0;
$custom-light: #a3dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CDF0

secondary

#C9653E

accent

#4409DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CDF0

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

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