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Recognised as Colour

#73EEC9

  • #73EEC9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#73EEC9 is a cyan with RGB values 115, 238, 201 and HSL 162°, 78%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#73EEC9#73EEC9
HEX#73EEC9
RGBrgb(115, 238, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.9333, 0.7882
RGB percentages45.1%, 93.3%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(162, 78.3%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162, 51.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK51.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,597,769
CSS custom property--colour: #73EEC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#8C1136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E1C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D3CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3CF0E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 6.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4Aqua · ΔE 22.6Cyan · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE7398
Analogous#73EE8B, #73D5EE
Triadic#C973EE, #EEC973
Split complementary#EE73D5, #EE8B73
Tetradic#8C73EE, #EE7398, #D6EE73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFFFE
Lighter +20%#CEF9EC
Lighter +10%#A0F4DB
Darker −10%#46E8B7
Darker −20%#1BE0A5
Darker −30%#16B283
Darker −40%#108562
More saturated +25%#62FFD0
Less saturated −25%#87DAC1

Channel breakdown

R115
G238
B201
Red115 (45.1%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue161.95°
Saturation (HSL)78.34%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 73 · G EE · B C9

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