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Recognised as Colour

#73CEE4

  • #73CEE4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#73CEE4 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 206, 228 and HSL 192°, 68%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#73CEE4#73CEE4
HEX#73CEE4
RGBrgb(115, 206, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8078, 0.8941
RGB percentages45.1%, 80.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(191.7, 67.7%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.7, 49.6%, 89.4%)
CMYK49.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,589,604
CSS custom property--colour: #73CEE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.68:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#8C311B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC9E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADBBE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#30D6D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.9Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 15.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E48973
Analogous#73E4C1, #7396E4
Triadic#E473CE, #CEE473
Split complementary#E47396, #E4C273
Tetradic#C173E4, #E48973, #96E473

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3FBFD
Lighter +20%#C9ECF4
Lighter +10%#9EDDEC
Darker −10%#48BFDC
Darker −20%#27AACA
Darker −30%#1F869F
Darker −40%#166275
More saturated +25%#5EDBF9
Less saturated −25%#88C1CF

Channel breakdown

R115
G206
B228
Red115 (45.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue191.68°
Saturation (HSL)67.66%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G CE · B E4

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