#73ade7

Color #73ade7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.75 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#73ade7

RGB

rgb(115, 173, 231)

HSL

hsl(210, 70.7%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 50.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(68.97, -3.03, -34.91)

LCH

lch(68.97, 35.04, 265.04)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1043, 249.39)

HWB

hwb(210, 45.1%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7ad73

Analogous

#73e7e7

#73ade7

#7373e7

Triadic

#73ade7

#e773ad

#ade773

Split-complementary

#73ade7

#e77373

#e7e773

Tetradic

#73ade7

#ad73e7

#e7ad73

#ade773

Square

#73ade7

#e773e7

#e7ad73

#73e773

Shades

Color #73ade7 mixed toward black.

#4290de

#2273c5

#195694

#113a62

#081d31

Tints

Color #73ade7 mixed toward white.

#8abbeb

#a2c8ef

#b9d6f3

#d0e4f7

#e8f1fb

Tones

Color #73ade7 mixed toward gray.

#7daddd

#86add4

#90adca

#9aadc0

#a3adb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090db · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#8c88d8 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#77d0ce · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #73ade7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73ade7]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#73ade7 (#73ade7) is rgb(115, 173, 231) in RGB.

No, #73ade7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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