#73D9EE#73D9EE

#73D9EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.099 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73D9EE
RGB	rgb(115, 217, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -24.14, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 30.99, 218.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0836 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.099 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3097, 59.4394, 89.8522)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73D9EE #EE8873

analogous

#73EEC6 #73D9EE #739CEE

triadic

#73D9EE #EE73D9 #D9EE73

tetradic

#73D9EE #C673EE #EE8873 #9CEE73

square

#73D9EE #C673EE #EE8873 #9CEE73

split-complementary

#73D9EE #EE739C #EEC673

monochromatic

#19AFCE #3CCAE7 #73D9EE #AAE8F5 #E0F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#73D9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#73D9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73D9EE

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73D9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73D9EE	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73d9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 217, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.099 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e5f3',
    500: '#73d9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73d9ee;
$custom-light: #a4e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73d9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83139,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73D9EE

secondary

#C7563E

accent

#2E0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #73D9EE

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

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