#73b8d7

Color #73b8d7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#73b8d7

RGB

rgb(115, 184, 215)

HSL

hsl(198.6, 55.6%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.6, 46.5%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(71.44, -13.55, -22.37)

LCH

lch(71.44, 26.15, 238.8)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0827, 228.43)

HWB

hwb(198.6, 45.1%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d79273

Analogous

#73d7c4

#73b8d7

#7386d7

Triadic

#73b8d7

#d773b8

#b8d773

Split-complementary

#73b8d7

#d77386

#d7c473

Tetradic

#73b8d7

#9273d7

#d79273

#b8d773

Square

#73b8d7

#c473d7

#d79273

#86d773

Shades

Color #73b8d7 mixed toward black.

#48a2cb

#3185ab

#256480

#184356

#0c212b

Tints

Color #73b8d7 mixed toward white.

#8ac4de

#a2d0e4

#b9dceb

#d0e7f2

#e8f3f8

Tones

Color #73b8d7 mixed toward gray.

#7bb5cf

#84b2c6

#8caebe

#94abb6

#9da8ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697d0 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#928cce · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#78cac9 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73b8d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73b8d7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#73b8d7 (#73b8d7) is rgb(115, 184, 215) in RGB.

No, #73b8d7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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