#73abd4

Color #73abd4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.69 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#73abd4

RGB

rgb(115, 171, 212)

HSL

hsl(205.4, 53%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.4, 45.8%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(67.67, -7.4, -26.49)

LCH

lch(67.67, 27.5, 254.39)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.084, 241.18)

HWB

hwb(205.4, 45.1%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d49c73

Analogous

#73d4cd

#73abd4

#737ad4

Triadic

#73abd4

#d473ab

#abd473

Split-complementary

#73abd4

#d4737a

#d4cd73

Tetradic

#73abd4

#9c73d4

#d49c73

#abd473

Square

#73abd4

#cd73d4

#d49c73

#7ad473

Shades

Color #73abd4 mixed toward black.

#4992c7

#3376a7

#26587d

#1a3b53

#0d1d2a

Tints

Color #73abd4 mixed toward white.

#8ab9db

#a2c7e2

#b9d5e9

#d0e3f1

#e8f1f8

Tones

Color #73abd4 mixed toward gray.

#7baacc

#83a8c4

#8ba7bc

#93a6b4

#9ba5ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fcb · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#8b87c9 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#77c4c2 · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73abd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73abd4]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#73abd4 (#73abd4) is rgb(115, 171, 212) in RGB.

No, #73abd4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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