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Recognised as Colour

#73ADFB

  • #73ADFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#73ADFB is a blue with RGB values 115, 173, 251 and HSL 214°, 94%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#73ADFB#73ADFB
HEX#73ADFB
RGBrgb(115, 173, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.6784, 0.9843
RGB percentages45.1%, 67.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(214.4, 94.4%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 54.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK54.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,581,179
CSS custom property--colour: #73ADFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#8C5204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DB2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7CA5F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#1BBEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.7Light skyblue · ΔE 23.3Sky blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBC173
Analogous#73F1FB, #7D73FB
Triadic#FB73AD, #ADFB73
Split complementary#FB7D73, #F1FB73
Tetradic#FB73F1, #FBC173, #73FB7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E7FE
Lighter +10%#A5CAFC
Darker −10%#4190FA
Darker −20%#1073F8
Darker −30%#065CCF
Darker −40%#05469D
More saturated +25%#6FACFF
Less saturated −25%#85B0E9

Channel breakdown

R115
G173
B251
Red115 (45.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue214.41°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G AD · B FB

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