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Recognised as Colour

#73BDEA

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

#73BDEA is a blue with RGB values 115, 189, 234 and HSL 203°, 74%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#73BDEA#73BDEA
HEX#73BDEA
RGBrgb(115, 189, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.7412, 0.9176
RGB percentages45.1%, 74.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(202.7, 73.9%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.7, 50.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK50.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,585,258
CSS custom property--colour: #73BDEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#8C4215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BCECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#98AFE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#30C9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 20.7Steel blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA073
Analogous#73EADC, #7382EA
Triadic#EA73BD, #BDEA73
Split complementary#EA7382, #EADB73
Tetradic#DB73EA, #EAA073, #82EA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FCFE
Lighter +20%#CCE7F7
Lighter +10%#9FD2F1
Darker −10%#47A8E3
Darker −20%#2092D7
Darker −30%#1A74AA
Darker −40%#13567E
More saturated +25%#5FC2FE
Less saturated −25%#87B8D6

Channel breakdown

R115
G189
B234
Red115 (45.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue202.69°
Saturation (HSL)73.91%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G BD · B EA

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