#73a2ea

Color #73a2ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.64 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#73a2ea

RGB

rgb(115, 162, 234)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 73.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 50.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(66.08, 4.04, -41.06)

LCH

lch(66.08, 41.26, 275.62)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1177, 258.68)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 45.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eabb73

Analogous

#73ddea

#73a2ea

#7f73ea

Triadic

#73a2ea

#ea73a2

#a2ea73

Split-complementary

#73a2ea

#ea7f73

#ddea73

Tetradic

#73a2ea

#bb73ea

#eabb73

#a2ea73

Square

#73a2ea

#ea73dd

#eabb73

#73ea7f

Shades

Color #73a2ea mixed toward black.

#4080e2

#1e62ca

#174a98

#0f3165

#081933

Tints

Color #73a2ea mixed toward white.

#8ab1ed

#a2c1f1

#b9d0f4

#d0e0f8

#e8effb

Tones

Color #73a2ea mixed toward gray.

#7da4e0

#87a6d6

#91a8cc

#9baac2

#a4acb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8adb · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#8783d8 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#76cfcc · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73a2ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a2ea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#73a2ea (#73a2ea) is rgb(115, 162, 234) in RGB.

No, #73a2ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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