#73adbb

Color #73adbb

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#73adbb

RGB

rgb(115, 173, 187)

HSL

hsl(191.7, 34.6%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.7, 38.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(67.37, -15.23, -13.13)

LCH

lch(67.37, 20.11, 220.77)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.0635, 214.54)

HWB

hwb(191.7, 45.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb8173

Analogous

#73bba5

#73adbb

#7389bb

Triadic

#73adbb

#bb73ad

#adbb73

Split-complementary

#73adbb

#bb7389

#bba573

Tetradic

#73adbb

#8173bb

#bb8173

#adbb73

Square

#73adbb

#a573bb

#bb8173

#89bb73

Shades

Color #73adbb mixed toward black.

#5298a9

#427a87

#315b66

#213d44

#101e22

Tints

Color #73adbb mixed toward white.

#8abbc6

#a2c8d2

#b9d6dd

#d0e4e8

#e8f1f4

Tones

Color #73adbb mixed toward gray.

#79a9b5

#7fa6af

#85a2a9

#8b9ea3

#919b9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090b8 · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#8c88b7 · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#77b5b5 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73adbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73adbb]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#73adbb (#73adbb) is rgb(115, 173, 187) in RGB.

No, #73adbb 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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