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Recognised as Colour

#73ADE6

  • #73ADE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#73ADE6 is a blue with RGB values 115, 173, 230 and HSL 210°, 70%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#73ADE6#73ADE6
HEX#73ADE6
RGBrgb(115, 173, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.6784, 0.902
RGB percentages45.1%, 67.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(209.7, 69.7%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.7, 50%, 90.2%)
CMYK50%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,581,158
CSS custom property--colour: #73ADE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.85:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#8C5219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96AFE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3ABAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.7Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6AC73
Analogous#73E6E6, #7373E6
Triadic#E673AD, #ADE673
Split complementary#E67373, #E6E673
Tetradic#E673E6, #E6AC73, #73E673

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F9FD
Lighter +20%#CAE0F5
Lighter +10%#9EC6EE
Darker −10%#4894DE
Darker −20%#257ACE
Darker −30%#1D61A3
Darker −40%#154778
More saturated +25%#5EADFB
Less saturated −25%#88ADD1

Channel breakdown

R115
G173
B230
Red115 (45.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue209.74°
Saturation (HSL)69.7%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G AD · B E6

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