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Recognised as Colour

#73AFA7

  • #73AFA7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#73AFA7 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 175, 167 and HSL 172°, 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

#73AFA7#73AFA7
HEX#73AFA7
RGBrgb(115, 175, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.6863, 0.6549
RGB percentages45.1%, 68.6%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(172, 27.3%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 34.3%, 68.6%)
CMYK34.3%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,581,607
CSS custom property--colour: #73AFA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.42:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#8C5058

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A9A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA1A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5FB2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.3Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9Dark cyan · ΔE 19.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.8Powder blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF737B
Analogous#73AF89, #7399AF
Triadic#A773AF, #AFA773
Split complementary#AF7399, #AF8973
Tetradic#8973AF, #AF737B, #99AF73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F9F9
Lighter +30%#D4E7E4
Lighter +20%#B4D4D0
Lighter +10%#93C2BB
Darker −10%#57988F
Darker −20%#447871
Darker −30%#325752
Darker −40%#1F3734
More saturated +25%#58CBBB
Less saturated −25%#8F9393

Channel breakdown

R115
G175
B167
Red115 (45.1%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)27.27%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 73 · G AF · B A7

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