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Recognised as Colour

#73B7EC

  • #73B7EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#73B7EC is a blue with RGB values 115, 183, 236 and HSL 206°, 76%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#73B7EC#73B7EC
HEX#73B7EC
RGBrgb(115, 183, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.7176, 0.9255
RGB percentages45.1%, 71.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(206.3, 76.1%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.3, 51.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK51.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,583,724
CSS custom property--colour: #73B7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.71:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#8C4813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B7EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#90ABEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2FC4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.3Sky blue · ΔE 15.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8Light blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECA873
Analogous#73ECE5, #737AEC
Triadic#EC73B7, #B7EC73
Split complementary#EC737A, #ECE573
Tetradic#E573EC, #ECA873, #7AEC73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFCFE
Lighter +20%#CDE5F8
Lighter +10%#A0CEF2
Darker −10%#46A0E6
Darker −20%#1E88DB
Darker −30%#186CAE
Darker −40%#125081
More saturated +25%#60B9FF
Less saturated −25%#87B5D8

Channel breakdown

R115
G183
B236
Red115 (45.1%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue206.28°
Saturation (HSL)76.1%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G B7 · B EC

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