Colour

#73DAD6

#73DAD6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#73DAD6 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 218, 214 and HSL 178°, 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

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HEX#73DAD6

RGBrgb(115, 218, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8549, 0.8392

RGB percentages45.1%, 85.5%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(177.7, 58.2%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 47.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK47.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,592,662

CSS custom property--colour: #73DAD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.73:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#8C2529

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFD1D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC4D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Tritanopia#39DFD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 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 text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.7 Powder blue · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DA7377

Analogous#73DAA3, #73AADA

Triadic#D673DA, #DAD673

Split complementary#DA73AA, #DAA373

Tetradic#A373DA, #DA7377, #ABDA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#ECFAF9

Lighter +20%#C4EFEE

Lighter +10%#9BE5E2

Darker −10%#4BCFCA

Darker −20%#30B7B1

Darker −30%#268E8A

Darker −40%#1B6663

More saturated +25%#5DF0EA

Less saturated −25%#89C4C2

Channel breakdown

R115

G218

B214

Red115 (45.1%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue177.67°

Saturation (HSL)58.19%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 73 · G DA · B D6

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