#73a8ff

Color #73a8ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.15 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#73a8ff

RGB

rgb(115, 168, 255)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 100%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 54.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(68.65, 7.02, -48.47)

LCH

lch(68.65, 48.98, 278.24)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.1391, 259.89)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 45.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffca73

Analogous

#73eeff

#73a8ff

#8473ff

Triadic

#73a8ff

#ff73a8

#a8ff73

Split-complementary

#73a8ff

#ff8473

#eeff73

Tetradic

#73a8ff

#ca73ff

#ffca73

#a8ff73

Square

#73a8ff

#ff73ee

#ffca73

#73ff84

Shades

Color #73a8ff mixed toward black.

#3582ff

#005df7

#0046b9

#002f7b

#00173e

Tints

Color #73a8ff mixed toward white.

#8ab6ff

#a2c5ff

#b9d3ff

#d0e2ff

#e8f0ff

Tones

Color #73a8ff mixed toward gray.

#7eabf3

#8aade8

#96b0dc

#a2b3d0

#adb6c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8eee · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#8a86e9 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#76dfdb · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 23.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #73a8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a8ff]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#73a8ff (#73a8ff) is rgb(115, 168, 255) in RGB.

No, #73a8ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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