Recognised as Colour

#73AEAF

#73AEAF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#73AEAF is a cyan with RGB values 115, 174, 175 and HSL 181°, 27%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#73AEAF#73AEAF

HEX#73AEAF

RGBrgb(115, 174, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.6824, 0.6863

RGB percentages45.1%, 68.2%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(181, 27.3%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181, 34.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK34.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,581,359

CSS custom property--colour: #73AEAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#8C5150

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6A9AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BA0B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5CB2AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.8 Light blue · ΔE 18.9 Sky blue · ΔE 19.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3 Powder blue · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AF7473

Analogous#73AF92, #7390AF

Triadic#AF73AE, #AEAF73

Split complementary#AF7390, #AF9273

Tetradic#9273AF, #AF7473, #90AF73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F9F9

Lighter +30%#D4E6E7

Lighter +20%#B4D4D4

Lighter +10%#93C1C2

Darker −10%#579798

Darker −20%#447778

Darker −30%#325757

Darker −40%#1F3637

More saturated +25%#58C9CB

Less saturated −25%#8F9393

Channel breakdown

R115

G174

B175

Red115 (45.1%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue181°

Saturation (HSL)27.27%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 73 · G AE · B AF

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