#73D8EF#73D8EF

#73D8EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.100 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73D8EF
RGB	rgb(115, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -23.38, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 30.99, 221.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0822 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.1 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2000, 58.9844, 90.5424)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73D8EF #EF8A73

analogous

#73EFC8 #73D8EF #739AEF

triadic

#73D8EF #EF73D8 #D8EF73

tetradic

#73D8EF #C873EF #EF8A73 #9AEF73

square

#73D8EF #C873EF #EF8A73 #9AEF73

split-complementary

#73D8EF #EF739A #EFC873

monochromatic

#18AED0 #3CC9E9 #73D8EF #AAE7F5 #E1F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#73D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#73D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73D8EF

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73D8EF	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.100 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4f4',
    500: '#73d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73d8ef;
$custom-light: #a4e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.129,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8295,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73D8EF

secondary

#C8583E

accent

#310ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73D8EF

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

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