#73a5b0

Color #73a5b0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.75 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#73a5b0

RGB

rgb(115, 165, 176)

HSL

hsl(190.8, 27.9%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.8, 34.7%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(64.71, -13.8, -10.99)

LCH

lch(64.71, 17.64, 218.53)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0554, 212.92)

HWB

hwb(190.8, 45.1%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b07e73

Analogous

#73b09d

#73a5b0

#7387b0

Triadic

#73a5b0

#b073a5

#a5b073

Split-complementary

#73a5b0

#b07387

#b09d73

Tetradic

#73a5b0

#7e73b0

#b07e73

#a5b073

Square

#73a5b0

#9d73b0

#b07e73

#87b073

Shades

Color #73a5b0 mixed toward black.

#578f9b

#46727c

#34565d

#23393e

#111d1f

Tints

Color #73a5b0 mixed toward white.

#8ab4bd

#a2c3ca

#b9d2d8

#d0e1e5

#e8f0f2

Tones

Color #73a5b0 mixed toward gray.

#78a2ab

#7d9fa6

#829ba1

#87989c

#8d9597

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cad · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#8985ad · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#76abab · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73a5b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a5b0]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#73a5b0 (#73a5b0) is rgb(115, 165, 176) in RGB.

No, #73a5b0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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