Colour

#73E5FE

#73E5FE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#73E5FE is a cyan with RGB values 115, 229, 254 and HSL 191°, 99%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#73E5FE#73E5FE

HEX#73E5FE

RGBrgb(115, 229, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.898, 0.9961

RGB percentages45.1%, 89.8%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(190.8, 98.6%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 54.7%, 99.6%)

CMYK54.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,595,518

CSS custom property--colour: #73E5FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.37:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#8C1A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDCFFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00EFEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.4 Powder blue · ΔE 18.2 Light blue · ΔE 18.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE8C73

Analogous#73FED2, #739FFE

Triadic#FE73E5, #E5FE73

Split complementary#FE739F, #FED273

Tetradic#D273FE, #FE8C73, #9FFE73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D8F8FF

Lighter +10%#A6EEFE

Darker −10%#40DCFE

Darker −20%#0ED2FD

Darker −30%#02B0D6

Darker −40%#0187A4

More saturated +25%#72E6FF

Less saturated −25%#85DAEC

Channel breakdown

R115

G229

B254

Red115 (45.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue190.79°

Saturation (HSL)98.58%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 73 · G E5 · B FE

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