#73a8f5

Color #73a8f5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.95 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#73a8f5

RGB

rgb(115, 168, 245)

HSL

hsl(215.5, 86.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.5, 53.1%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(68.2, 3.96, -43.75)

LCH

lch(68.2, 43.93, 275.17)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.1261, 257.68)

HWB

hwb(215.5, 45.1%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5c073

Analogous

#73e9f5

#73a8f5

#7f73f5

Triadic

#73a8f5

#f573a8

#a8f573

Split-complementary

#73a8f5

#f57f73

#e9f573

Tetradic

#73a8f5

#c073f5

#f5c073

#a8f573

Square

#73a8f5

#f573e9

#f5c073

#73f57f

Shades

Color #73a8f5 mixed toward black.

#3b85f1

#1065e0

#0c4ca8

#083270

#041938

Tints

Color #73a8f5 mixed toward white.

#8ab7f7

#a2c5f8

#b9d4fa

#d0e2fc

#e8f1fd

Tones

Color #73a8f5 mixed toward gray.

#7eaaea

#89acdf

#94aed5

#9eb0ca

#a9b2bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ee5 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#8a86e1 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#76d8d5 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73a8f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a8f5]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#73a8f5 (#73a8f5) is rgb(115, 168, 245) in RGB.

No, #73a8f5 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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