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Recognised as Colour

#73D4EB

  • #73D4EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#73D4EB is a cyan with RGB values 115, 212, 235 and HSL 192°, 75%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#73D4EB#73D4EB
HEX#73D4EB
RGBrgb(115, 212, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8314, 0.9216
RGB percentages45.1%, 83.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(191.5, 75%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.5, 51.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK51.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,591,147
CSS custom property--colour: #73D4EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.35:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#8C2B14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CEECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#22DDDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 14.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB8A73
Analogous#73EBC6, #7398EB
Triadic#EB73D4, #D4EB73
Split complementary#EB7398, #EBC673
Tetradic#C673EB, #EB8A73, #98EB73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FDFE
Lighter +20%#CCEFF8
Lighter +10%#A0E2F1
Darker −10%#46C6E5
Darker −20%#1FB5D9
Darker −30%#1990AC
Darker −40%#126B80
More saturated +25%#5FE0FF
Less saturated −25%#87C8D7

Channel breakdown

R115
G212
B235
Red115 (45.1%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue191.5°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G D4 · B EB

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