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Recognised as Colour

#73CEDA

  • #73CEDA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#73CEDA is a cyan with RGB values 115, 206, 218 and HSL 187°, 58%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#73CEDA#73CEDA
HEX#73CEDA
RGBrgb(115, 206, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8078, 0.8549
RGB percentages45.1%, 80.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(187, 58.2%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187, 47.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK47.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,589,594
CSS custom property--colour: #73CEDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#8C3125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C8DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BBDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3AD5D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA7F73
Analogous#73DAB2, #739BDA
Triadic#DA73CE, #CEDA73
Split complementary#DA739B, #DAB273
Tetradic#B273DA, #DA7F73, #9BDA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF8FA
Lighter +20%#C4EAEF
Lighter +10%#9BDCE5
Darker −10%#4BC0CF
Darker −20%#30A7B7
Darker −30%#26828E
Darker −40%#1B5D66
More saturated +25%#5DDFF0
Less saturated −25%#89BDC4

Channel breakdown

R115
G206
B218
Red115 (45.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue186.99°
Saturation (HSL)58.19%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G CE · B DA

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