#73aee4

Color #73aee4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#73aee4

RGB

rgb(115, 174, 228)

HSL

hsl(208.7, 67.7%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.7, 49.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(69.12, -4.46, -33.03)

LCH

lch(69.12, 33.33, 262.31)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.1, 247.18)

HWB

hwb(208.7, 45.1%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4a973

Analogous

#73e4e2

#73aee4

#7376e4

Triadic

#73aee4

#e473ae

#aee473

Split-complementary

#73aee4

#e47376

#e4e273

Tetradic

#73aee4

#a973e4

#e4a973

#aee473

Square

#73aee4

#e273e4

#e4a973

#76e473

Shades

Color #73aee4 mixed toward black.

#4392db

#2576c0

#1c5890

#123b60

#091d30

Tints

Color #73aee4 mixed toward white.

#8abce9

#a2c9ed

#b9d7f2

#d0e4f6

#e8f2fb

Tones

Color #73aee4 mixed toward gray.

#7daedb

#86add1

#8fadc8

#99acbe

#a2acb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9091d9 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#8d88d6 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#77cfcd · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73aee4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73aee4]

Related colors

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Dodger Blue #1e90ff

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Slate Gray #708090

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#73aee4 (#73aee4) is rgb(115, 174, 228) in RGB.

No, #73aee4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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