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Recognised as Colour

#73E2FE

  • #73E2FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#73E2FE is a cyan with RGB values 115, 226, 254 and HSL 192°, 99%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#73E2FE#73E2FE
HEX#73E2FE
RGBrgb(115, 226, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.8863, 0.9961
RGB percentages45.1%, 88.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(192.1, 98.6%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 54.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK54.7%, 11%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,594,750
CSS custom property--colour: #73E2FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.04:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#8C1D01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFDCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BACCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 17.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.3Powder blue · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE8F73
Analogous#73FED4, #739CFE
Triadic#FE73E2, #E2FE73
Split complementary#FE739D, #FED473
Tetradic#D473FE, #FE8F73, #9CFE73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8F7FF
Lighter +10%#A6ECFE
Darker −10%#40D8FE
Darker −20%#0ECDFD
Darker −30%#02ACD6
Darker −40%#0183A4
More saturated +25%#72E3FF
Less saturated −25%#85D7EC

Channel breakdown

R115
G226
B254
Red115 (45.1%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue192.09°
Saturation (HSL)98.58%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G E2 · B FE

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