#73CDF5#73CDF5

#73CDF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.103 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CDF5
RGB	rgb(115, 205, 245)
HSL	hsl(198, 87%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -16.12, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 32.25, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0679 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.103 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3768, 53.8961, 94.3802)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CDF5 #F59B73

analogous

#73F5DC #73CDF5 #738CF5

triadic

#73CDF5 #F573CD #CDF573

tetradic

#73CDF5 #DC73F5 #F59B73 #8CF573

square

#73CDF5 #DC73F5 #F59B73 #8CF573

split-complementary

#73CDF5 #F5738C #F5DC73

monochromatic

#109EDE #3AB9F1 #73CDF5 #ACE1F9 #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#73CDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#73CDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CDF5

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CDF5	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CAF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BCF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 205, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.103 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcf8',
    500: '#73cdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73cdf5;
$custom-light: #a4dcf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80717,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CDF5

secondary

#CF6A3D

accent

#4702E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CDF5

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

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