#73a3e6

Color #73a3e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#73a3e6

RGB

rgb(115, 163, 230)

HSL

hsl(215, 69.7%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 50%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 29.1%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66.17, 2.28, -38.71)

LCH

lch(66.17, 38.78, 273.37)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1115, 256.84)

HWB

hwb(215, 45.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b673

Analogous

#73dce6

#73a3e6

#7c73e6

Triadic

#73a3e6

#e673a3

#a3e673

Split-complementary

#73a3e6

#e67c73

#dce673

Tetradic

#73a3e6

#b673e6

#e6b673

#a3e673

Square

#73a3e6

#e673dc

#e6b673

#73e67c

Shades

Color #73a3e6 mixed toward black.

#4283dd

#2366c3

#1a4c92

#113362

#091931

Tints

Color #73a3e6 mixed toward white.

#8ab2ea

#a2c2ee

#b9d1f2

#d0e0f7

#e8f0fb

Tones

Color #73a3e6 mixed toward gray.

#7ca4dc

#86a6d3

#90a8c9

#99a9c0

#a3abb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bd8 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#8884d5 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#76cdca · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73a3e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a3e6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#73a3e6 (#73a3e6) is rgb(115, 163, 230) in RGB.

No, #73a3e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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