#73a8f9

Color #73a8f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#73a8f9

RGB

rgb(115, 168, 249)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 91.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 53.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(68.38, 5.18, -45.65)

LCH

lch(68.38, 45.94, 276.47)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1313, 258.62)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 45.1%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9c473

Analogous

#73ebf9

#73a8f9

#8173f9

Triadic

#73a8f9

#f973a8

#a8f973

Split-complementary

#73a8f9

#f98173

#ebf973

Tetradic

#73a8f9

#c473f9

#f9c473

#a8f973

Square

#73a8f9

#f973eb

#f9c473

#73f981

Shades

Color #73a8f9 mixed toward black.

#3984f7

#0a62e9

#0749af

#053174

#02183a

Tints

Color #73a8f9 mixed toward white.

#8ab7fa

#a2c5fb

#b9d4fc

#d0e2fd

#e8f1fe

Tones

Color #73a8f9 mixed toward gray.

#7eaaee

#89ade3

#95afd8

#a0b1cc

#abb4c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ee9 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#8a86e5 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#76dbd8 · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 22.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #73a8f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73a8f9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#73a8f9 (#73a8f9) is rgb(115, 168, 249) in RGB.

No, #73a8f9 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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