Recognised as Colour

#73DBB5

#73DBB5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#73DBB5 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 219, 181 and HSL 158°, 59%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#73DBB5

RGBrgb(115, 219, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8588, 0.7098

RGB percentages45.1%, 85.9%, 71%

HSLhsl(158.1, 59.1%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158.1, 47.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK47.5%, 0%, 17.4%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,592,885

CSS custom property--colour: #73DBB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.53:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#8C244A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7CFB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6C3B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4FDCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 5 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 5.04, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DB7399

Analogous#73DB81, #73CDDB

Triadic#B573DB, #DBB573

Split complementary#DB73CD, #DB8173

Tetradic#8173DB, #DB7399, #CDDB73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDFAF5

Lighter +20%#C4F0E0

Lighter +10%#9CE5CA

Darker −10%#4AD1A0

Darker −20%#2FB986

Darker −30%#259069

Darker −40%#1B674B

More saturated +25%#5DF1BB

Less saturated −25%#89C5AF

Channel breakdown

R115

G219

B181

Red115 (45.1%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue158.08°

Saturation (HSL)59.09%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 73 · G DB · B B5

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