#73D5FD#73D5FD

#73D5FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.108 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73D5FD
RGB	rgb(115, 213, 253)
HSL	hsl(197, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -17.96, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 33.55, 237.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0737 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.108 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5873, 58.3208, 101.6060)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73D5FD #FD9B73

analogous

#73FDE0 #73D5FD #7390FD

triadic

#73D5FD #FD73D5 #D5FD73

tetradic

#73D5FD #E073FD #FD9B73 #90FD73

square

#73D5FD #E073FD #FD9B73 #90FD73

split-complementary

#73D5FD #FD7390 #FDE073

monochromatic

#03ADF2 #37C3FC #73D5FD #AFE7FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#73D5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#73D5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73D5FD

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73D5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73D5FD	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73d5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 213, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.108 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2fe',
    500: '#73d5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73d5fd;
$custom-light: #a5e2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73d5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82815,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73D5FD

secondary

#DA693B

accent

#4300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73D5FD

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

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