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Recognised as Colour

#73DDD2

  • #73DDD2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#73DDD2 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 221, 210 and HSL 174°, 61%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#73DDD2#73DDD2
HEX#73DDD2
RGBrgb(115, 221, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8667, 0.8235
RGB percentages45.1%, 86.7%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(173.8, 60.9%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 48%, 86.7%)
CMYK48%, 0%, 5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,593,426
CSS custom property--colour: #73DDD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8C222D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D3D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C6D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3CE1D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.7Turquoise · ΔE 10.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1Light seagreen · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD737E
Analogous#73DD9D, #73B3DD
Triadic#D273DD, #DDD273
Split complementary#DD73B3, #DD9D73
Tetradic#9D73DD, #DD737E, #B3DD73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFBFA
Lighter +20%#C5F1EC
Lighter +10%#9CE7DF
Darker −10%#4AD3C5
Darker −20%#2EBCAD
Darker −30%#249388
Darker −40%#1A6A62
More saturated +25%#5DF3E3
Less saturated −25%#89C7C1

Channel breakdown

R115
G221
B210
Red115 (45.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue173.77°
Saturation (HSL)60.92%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 73 · G DD · B D2

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