#73CEE6#73CEE6

#73CEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.093 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CEE6
RGB	rgb(115, 206, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(193, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 10.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -20.81, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 29.04, 224.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0745 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.093 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4190, 53.4969, 82.8854)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CEE6 #E68B73

analogous

#73E6C5 #73CEE6 #7394E6

triadic

#73CEE6 #E673CE #CEE673

tetradic

#73CEE6 #C573E6 #E68B73 #94E673

square

#73CEE6 #C573E6 #E68B73 #94E673

split-complementary

#73CEE6 #E67394 #E6C573

monochromatic

#229CBD #3FBCDD #73CEE6 #A7E0EF #DBF2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#73CEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#73CEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CEE6

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CEE6	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#BEC9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 206, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.093 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddee',
    500: '#73cee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73cee6;
$custom-light: #a3ddee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80361,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CEE6

secondary

#BC5B41

accent

#3B14D2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CEE6

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

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