#73abec

Color #73abec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#73abec

RGB

rgb(115, 171, 236)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 76.1%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 51.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(68.62, -0.44, -38.18)

LCH

lch(68.62, 38.18, 269.34)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1119, 252.96)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 45.1%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb473

Analogous

#73e8ec

#73abec

#7773ec

Triadic

#73abec

#ec73ab

#abec73

Split-complementary

#73abec

#ec7773

#e8ec73

Tetradic

#73abec

#b473ec

#ecb473

#abec73

Square

#73abec

#ec73e8

#ecb473

#73ec77

Shades

Color #73abec mixed toward black.

#3f8ce5

#1c6ece

#15539a

#0e3767

#071c33

Tints

Color #73abec mixed toward white.

#8ab9ef

#a2c7f2

#b9d5f5

#d0e3f9

#e8f1fc

Tones

Color #73abec mixed toward gray.

#7dace2

#87acd8

#91adce

#9baec4

#a5afba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

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

#8f8fdf · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#8b87db · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#77d3d0 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73abec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73abec]

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Frequently asked questions

#73abec (#73abec) is rgb(115, 171, 236) in RGB.

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

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