Recognised as Colour

#73AA98

#73AA98
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#73AA98 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 170, 152 and HSL 160°, 24%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#73AA98#73AA98

HEX#73AA98

RGBrgb(115, 170, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.6667, 0.5961

RGB percentages45.1%, 66.7%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(160.4, 24.4%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160.4, 32.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK32.4%, 0%, 10.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,580,312

CSS custom property--colour: #73AA98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#8C5567

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7A397no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D9C99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Tritanopia#64ABA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12 Dark seagreen · ΔE 16 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.2 Teal · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AA7385

Analogous#73AA7D, #73A1AA

Triadic#9873AA, #AA9873

Split complementary#AA73A1, #AA7D73

Tetradic#7D73AA, #AA7385, #A1AA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F2F7F5

Lighter +30%#D2E4DE

Lighter +20%#B2D1C7

Lighter +10%#93BDAF

Darker −10%#58927F

Darker −20%#457263

Darker −30%#325248

Darker −40%#1F322C

More saturated +25%#57C6A2

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R115

G170

B152

Red115 (45.1%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue160.36°

Saturation (HSL)24.44%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 73 · G AA · B 98

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Colour harmonies

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