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Recognised as Colour

#73A5CA

  • #73A5CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#73A5CA is a blue with RGB values 115, 165, 202 and HSL 206°, 45%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#73A5CA#73A5CA
HEX#73A5CA
RGBrgb(115, 165, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.6471, 0.7922
RGB percentages45.1%, 64.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(205.5, 45.1%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.5, 43.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK43.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,579,082
CSS custom property--colour: #73A5CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#8C5A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95A5CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A9BC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#50AEB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Steel blue · ΔE 15.7Sky blue · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA9873
Analogous#73CAC4, #737ACA
Triadic#CA73A5, #A5CA73
Split complementary#CA7379, #CAC473
Tetradic#C473CA, #CA9873, #7ACA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2ECF4
Lighter +20%#BDD5E6
Lighter +10%#98BDD8
Darker −10%#4E8DBC
Darker −20%#3B739C
Darker −30%#2D5877
Darker −40%#1F3C52
More saturated +25%#5BA9E2
Less saturated −25%#8BA1B2

Channel breakdown

R115
G165
B202
Red115 (45.1%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue205.52°
Saturation (HSL)45.08%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G A5 · B CA

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