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Recognised as Colour

#73CDC5

  • #73CDC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#73CDC5 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 205, 197 and HSL 175°, 47%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#73CDC5#73CDC5
HEX#73CDC5
RGBrgb(115, 205, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8039, 0.7725
RGB percentages45.1%, 80.4%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(174.7, 47.4%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.7, 43.9%, 80.4%)
CMYK43.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,589,317
CSS custom property--colour: #73CDC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#8C323A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C4C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B9C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4AD1CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.3Light seagreen · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Turquoise · ΔE 15.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD737B
Analogous#73CD98, #73A8CD
Triadic#C573CD, #CDC573
Split complementary#CD73A8, #CD9873
Tetradic#9873CD, #CD737B, #A8CD73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F5F4
Lighter +20%#BEE8E4
Lighter +10%#99DAD5
Darker −10%#4DC0B5
Darker −20%#39A197
Darker −30%#2C7B74
Darker −40%#1F5551
More saturated +25%#5BE5D9
Less saturated −25%#8BB5B1

Channel breakdown

R115
G205
B197
Red115 (45.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue174.67°
Saturation (HSL)47.37%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 73 · G CD · B C5

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