#73b1c6

Color #73b1c6

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#73b1c6

RGB

rgb(115, 177, 198)

HSL

hsl(195.2, 42.1%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.2, 41.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(68.87, -14.46, -16.94)

LCH

lch(68.87, 22.27, 229.52)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0705, 221.38)

HWB

hwb(195.2, 45.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c68873

Analogous

#73c6b2

#73b1c6

#7388c6

Triadic

#73b1c6

#c673b1

#b1c673

Split-complementary

#73b1c6

#c67388

#c6b273

Tetradic

#73b1c6

#8873c6

#c68873

#b1c673

Square

#73b1c6

#b273c6

#c68873

#88c673

Shades

Color #73b1c6 mixed toward black.

#4e9cb7

#3c7e94

#2d5f6f

#1e3f4a

#0f2025

Tints

Color #73b1c6 mixed toward white.

#8abed0

#a2cbd9

#b9d8e3

#d0e5ec

#e8f2f6

Tones

Color #73b1c6 mixed toward gray.

#7aaebf

#81aab8

#88a7b1

#8fa3aa

#96a0a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293c1 · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#8e89c0 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#77bdbc · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73b1c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73b1c6]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#73b1c6 (#73b1c6) is rgb(115, 177, 198) in RGB.

No, #73b1c6 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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