Exploring the Color #73ECDC

#73ECDC sits at 172° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 76% saturation and 69% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 115, 236, 220 produces a 14.76:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #73ECDC is a clear variant of CSS sky blue — about 39 units away from #87CEEB. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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