#73D4FD#73D4FD

#73D4FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.108 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73D4FD
RGB	rgb(115, 212, 253)
HSL	hsl(198, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -17.44, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 33.65, 238.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0727 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.108 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3366, 57.8193, 101.5224)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73D4FD #FD9C73

analogous

#73FDE1 #73D4FD #738FFD

triadic

#73D4FD #FD73D4 #D4FD73

tetradic

#73D4FD #E173FD #FD9C73 #8FFD73

square

#73D4FD #E173FD #FD9C73 #8FFD73

split-complementary

#73D4FD #FD738F #FDE173

monochromatic

#03ABF2 #37C1FC #73D4FD #AFE7FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#73D4FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#73D4FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73D4FD

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73D4FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73D4FD	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BED1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73d4fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 212, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.108 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e1fe',
    500: '#73d4fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73d4fd;
$custom-light: #a5e1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73d4fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82593,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73D4FD

secondary

#DA6A3B

accent

#4400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73D4FD

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

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