#73D5EF#73D5EF

#73D5EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.099 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73D5EF
RGB	rgb(115, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -21.88, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 30.76, 224.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0789 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.099 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4385, 57.4612, 90.2885)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73D5EF #EF8D73

analogous

#73EFCB #73D5EF #7397EF

triadic

#73D5EF #EF73D5 #D5EF73

tetradic

#73D5EF #CB73EF #EF8D73 #97EF73

square

#73D5EF #CB73EF #EF8D73 #97EF73

split-complementary

#73D5EF #EF7397 #EFCB73

monochromatic

#18A9D0 #3CC5E9 #73D5EF #AAE5F5 #E1F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#73D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#73D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73D5EF

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73D5EF	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.099 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2f4',
    500: '#73d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73d5ef;
$custom-light: #a4e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82275,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73D5EF

secondary

#C85B3E

accent

#360ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73D5EF

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

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