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Recognised as Colour

#73E6BC

  • #73E6BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#73E6BC is a cyan with RGB values 115, 230, 188 and HSL 158°, 70%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#73E6BC#73E6BC
HEX#73E6BC
RGBrgb(115, 230, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.902, 0.7373
RGB percentages45.1%, 90.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(158.1, 69.7%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.1, 50%, 90.2%)
CMYK50%, 0%, 18.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,595,708
CSS custom property--colour: #73E6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.77:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#8C1943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1D9BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0CCBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#48E7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.5Turquoise · ΔE 14.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6739D
Analogous#73E683, #73D7E6
Triadic#BC73E6, #E6BC73
Split complementary#E673D6, #E68373
Tetradic#8373E6, #E6739D, #D7E673

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FDFA
Lighter +20%#CAF5E5
Lighter +10%#9EEED1
Darker −10%#48DEA7
Darker −20%#25CE90
Darker −30%#1DA372
Darker −40%#157854
More saturated +25%#5EFBC2
Less saturated −25%#88D1B6

Channel breakdown

R115
G230
B188
Red115 (45.1%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue158.09°
Saturation (HSL)69.7%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 73 · G E6 · B BC

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