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Colour

#73A6B3

  • #73A6B3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#73A6B3 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 166, 179 and HSL 192°, 30%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#73A6B3#73A6B3
HEX#73A6B3
RGBrgb(115, 166, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.651, 0.702
RGB percentages45.1%, 65.1%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(192.2, 29.6%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 35.8%, 70.2%)
CMYK35.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,579,315
CSS custom property--colour: #73A6B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#8C594C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA3B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#929BB3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5BABAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.6Light slate grey · ΔE 14.6Slate grey · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Dark grey · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B38073
Analogous#73B3A0, #7386B3
Triadic#B373A6, #A6B373
Split complementary#B37386, #B3A073
Tetradic#A073B3, #B38073, #86B373

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FAFB
Lighter +30%#D6E5E9
Lighter +20%#B5D0D7
Lighter +10%#94BBC5
Darker −10%#568F9D
Darker −20%#44717C
Darker −30%#32535B
Darker −40%#20353A
More saturated +25%#58B6CE
Less saturated −25%#8E9698

Channel breakdown

R115
G166
B179
Red115 (45.1%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue192.19°
Saturation (HSL)29.63%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G A6 · B B3

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