#73D6FA#73D6FA

#73D6FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.106 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73D6FA
RGB	rgb(115, 214, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 14.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -19.32, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 32.78, 233.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0759 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.106 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3655, 58.6357, 99.1930)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73D6FA #FA9773

analogous

#73FADB #73D6FA #7393FA

triadic

#73D6FA #FA73D6 #D6FA73

tetradic

#73D6FA #DB73FA #FA9773 #93FA73

square

#73D6FA #DB73FA #FA9773 #93FA73

split-complementary

#73D6FA #FA7393 #FADB73

monochromatic

#08AEEA #38C5F8 #73D6FA #AEE7FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#73D6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#73D6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73D6FA

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73D6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73D6FA	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC3FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73d6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 214, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.106 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2fc',
    500: '#73d6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73d6fa;
$custom-light: #a5e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73d6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82919,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73D6FA

secondary

#D6653B

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73D6FA

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

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