#73a7ea

Color #73a7ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.28 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#73a7ea

RGB

rgb(115, 167, 234)

HSL

hsl(213.8, 73.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.8, 50.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(67.44, 1.21, -38.93)

LCH

lch(67.44, 38.95, 271.78)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1129, 255.23)

HWB

hwb(213.8, 45.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab673

Analogous

#73e2ea

#73a7ea

#7a73ea

Triadic

#73a7ea

#ea73a7

#a7ea73

Split-complementary

#73a7ea

#ea7a73

#e2ea73

Tetradic

#73a7ea

#b673ea

#eab673

#a7ea73

Square

#73a7ea

#ea73e2

#eab673

#73ea7a

Shades

Color #73a7ea mixed toward black.

#4087e2

#1e69ca

#174f98

#0f3565

#081a33

Tints

Color #73a7ea mixed toward white.

#8ab6ed

#a2c4f1

#b9d3f4

#d0e2f8

#e8f0fb

Tones

Color #73a7ea mixed toward gray.

#7da8e0

#87a9d6

#91abcc

#9bacc2

#a4adb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ddc · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#8985d9 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#76d0ce · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73a7ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a7ea]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#73a7ea (#73a7ea) is rgb(115, 167, 234) in RGB.

No, #73a7ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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