#73D8ED#73D8ED

#73D8ED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.099 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73D8ED
RGB	rgb(115, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -23.92, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 30.78, 219.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0829 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.099 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9062, 58.8668, 88.9949)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73D8ED #ED8873

analogous

#73EDC5 #73D8ED #739BED

triadic

#73D8ED #ED73D8 #D8ED73

tetradic

#73D8ED #C573ED #ED8873 #9BED73

square

#73D8ED #C573ED #ED8873 #9BED73

split-complementary

#73D8ED #ED739B #EDC573

monochromatic

#1AADCB #3DC9E6 #73D8ED #A9E7F4 #DFF6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#73D8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#73D8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73D8ED

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73D8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73D8ED	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BE1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73d8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.099 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4f2',
    500: '#73d8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73d8ed;
$custom-light: #a4e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73d8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.328,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82877,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73D8ED

secondary

#C6563F

accent

#2F0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73D8ED

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

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