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Recognised as Colour

#73F4FF

  • #73F4FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#73F4FF is a cyan with RGB values 115, 244, 255 and HSL 185°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#73F4FF#73F4FF
HEX#73F4FF
RGBrgb(115, 244, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.9569, 1
RGB percentages45.1%, 95.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(184.7, 100%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 54.9%, 100%)
CMYK54.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,599,359
CSS custom property--colour: #73F4FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#8C0B00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDDAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#00FCF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 15.7Cyan · ΔE 15.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7E73
Analogous#73FFC4, #73AEFF
Triadic#FF73F4, #F4FF73
Split complementary#FF73AE, #FFC473
Tetradic#C473FF, #FF7E73, #AEFF73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9FCFF
Lighter +10%#A6F8FF
Darker −10%#40F0FF
Darker −20%#0DECFF
Darker −30%#00C8D9
Darker −40%#0099A6
More saturated +25%#73F4FF
Less saturated −25%#84E5EE

Channel breakdown

R115
G244
B255
Red115 (45.1%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue184.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G F4 · B FF

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