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Recognised as Colour

#73E7FF

  • #73E7FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#73E7FF is a cyan with RGB values 115, 231, 255 and HSL 190°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#73E7FF#73E7FF
HEX#73E7FF
RGBrgb(115, 231, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.9059, 1
RGB percentages45.1%, 90.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(190.3, 100%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 54.9%, 100%)
CMYK54.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,596,031
CSS custom property--colour: #73E7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#8C1800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFD0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00F1EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.2Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1Powder blue · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 18.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8B73
Analogous#73FFD1, #73A1FF
Triadic#FF73E7, #E7FF73
Split complementary#FF73A1, #FFD173
Tetradic#D173FF, #FF8B73, #A1FF73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F8FF
Lighter +10%#A6F0FF
Darker −10%#40DEFF
Darker −20%#0DD6FF
Darker −30%#00B4D9
Darker −40%#008AA6
More saturated +25%#73E7FF
Less saturated −25%#84DBEE

Channel breakdown

R115
G231
B255
Red115 (45.1%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue190.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G E7 · B FF

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