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Recognised as Colour

#73DEC9

  • #73DEC9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#73DEC9 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 222, 201 and HSL 168°, 62%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#73DEC9#73DEC9
HEX#73DEC9
RGBrgb(115, 222, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8706, 0.7882
RGB percentages45.1%, 87.1%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(168.2, 61.8%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.2, 48.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK48.2%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,593,673
CSS custom property--colour: #73DEC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.02:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#8C2136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D3C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C6CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#42E1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Aquamarine · ΔE 16.6Light seagreen · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE7388
Analogous#73DE93, #73BDDE
Triadic#C973DE, #DEC973
Split complementary#DE73BD, #DE9373
Tetradic#9473DE, #DE7388, #BEDE73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFBF9
Lighter +20%#C6F1E9
Lighter +10%#9CE8D9
Darker −10%#4AD4B9
Darker −20%#2DBEA2
Darker −30%#23957F
Darker −40%#196C5B
More saturated +25%#5DF4D6
Less saturated −25%#89C8BC

Channel breakdown

R115
G222
B201
Red115 (45.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue168.22°
Saturation (HSL)61.85%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 73 · G DE · B C9

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