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Recognised as Colour

#73DAD3

  • #73DAD3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#73DAD3 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 218, 211 and HSL 176°, 58%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#73DAD3#73DAD3
HEX#73DAD3
RGBrgb(115, 218, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8549, 0.8275
RGB percentages45.1%, 85.5%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(175.9, 58.2%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 47.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK47.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,592,659
CSS custom property--colour: #73DAD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#8C252C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D1D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC4D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3CDFD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.5Turquoise · ΔE 12.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.1Light seagreen · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA737A
Analogous#73DAA0, #73ADDA
Triadic#D373DA, #DAD373
Split complementary#DA73AD, #DAA073
Tetradic#A073DA, #DA737A, #ADDA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECFAF9
Lighter +20%#C4EFEC
Lighter +10%#9BE5E0
Darker −10%#4BCFC6
Darker −20%#30B7AE
Darker −30%#268E87
Darker −40%#1B6661
More saturated +25%#5DF0E6
Less saturated −25%#89C4C0

Channel breakdown

R115
G218
B211
Red115 (45.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue175.92°
Saturation (HSL)58.19%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 73 · G DA · B D3

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