#73afdc

Color #73afdc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#73afdc

RGB

rgb(115, 175, 220)

HSL

hsl(205.7, 60%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.7, 47.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(69.09, -7.32, -28.7)

LCH

lch(69.09, 29.62, 255.69)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0905, 241.91)

HWB

hwb(205.7, 45.1%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dca073

Analogous

#73dcd4

#73afdc

#737bdc

Triadic

#73afdc

#dc73af

#afdc73

Split-complementary

#73afdc

#dc737b

#dcd473

Tetradic

#73afdc

#a073dc

#dca073

#afdc73

Square

#73afdc

#d473dc

#dca073

#7bdc73

Shades

Color #73afdc mixed toward black.

#4696d1

#2d79b3

#225b86

#163d59

#0b1e2d

Tints

Color #73afdc mixed toward white.

#8abce2

#a2cae8

#b9d7ee

#d0e4f3

#e8f2f9

Tones

Color #73afdc mixed toward gray.

#7caed3

#85adcb

#8dabc2

#96aab9

#9fa9b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191d2 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#8d89d0 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#77cac8 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 18.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #73afdc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73afdc]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#73afdc (#73afdc) is rgb(115, 175, 220) in RGB.

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

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