#73CEEB#73CEEB

#73CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.096 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CEEB
RGB	rgb(115, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -19.44, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 29.87, 229.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0727 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.096 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1312, 53.7818, 86.6365)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CEEB #EB9073

analogous

#73EBCC #73CEEB #7392EB

triadic

#73CEEB #EB73CE #CEEB73

tetradic

#73CEEB #CC73EB #EB9073 #92EB73

square

#73CEEB #CC73EB #EB9073 #92EB73

split-complementary

#73CEEB #EB7392 #EBCC73

monochromatic

#1C9EC7 #3DBBE3 #73CEEB #A9E1F3 #DEF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#73CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#73CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CEEB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CEEB	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.096 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddf1',
    500: '#73ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73ceeb;
$custom-light: #a3ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80549,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CEEB

secondary

#C35F3F

accent

#3F0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CEEB

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

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