#73a6ea

Color #73a6ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.54 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#73a6ea

RGB

rgb(115, 166, 234)

HSL

hsl(214.3, 73.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.3, 50.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(67.17, 1.78, -39.35)

LCH

lch(67.17, 39.39, 272.59)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.1139, 255.93)

HWB

hwb(214.3, 45.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab773

Analogous

#73e1ea

#73a6ea

#7b73ea

Triadic

#73a6ea

#ea73a6

#a6ea73

Split-complementary

#73a6ea

#ea7b73

#e1ea73

Tetradic

#73a6ea

#b773ea

#eab773

#a6ea73

Square

#73a6ea

#ea73e1

#eab773

#73ea7b

Shades

Color #73a6ea mixed toward black.

#4086e2

#1e68ca

#174e98

#0f3465

#081a33

Tints

Color #73a6ea mixed toward white.

#8ab5ed

#a2c4f1

#b9d2f4

#d0e1f8

#e8f0fb

Tones

Color #73a6ea mixed toward gray.

#7da7e0

#87a9d6

#91aacc

#9bacc2

#a4adb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cdc · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#8985d9 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#76d0cd · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73a6ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a6ea]

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

#73a6ea (#73a6ea) is rgb(115, 166, 234) in RGB.

No, #73a6ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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