#73b8ae

Color #73b8ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.5 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#73b8ae

RGB

rgb(115, 184, 174)

HSL

hsl(171.3, 32.7%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.3, 37.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(70.16, -24.1, -1.81)

LCH

lch(70.16, 24.17, 184.3)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0716, 184.17)

HWB

hwb(171.3, 45.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8737d

Analogous

#73b88b

#73b8ae

#739fb8

Triadic

#73b8ae

#ae73b8

#b8ae73

Split-complementary

#73b8ae

#b8739f

#b88b73

Tetradic

#73b8ae

#737db8

#b8737d

#b8ae73

Square

#73b8ae

#8b73b8

#b8737d

#9fb873

Shades

Color #73b8ae mixed toward black.

#54a599

#43847b

#32635c

#22423d

#11211f

Tints

Color #73b8ae mixed toward white.

#8ac4bb

#a2d0c9

#b9dbd6

#d0e7e4

#e8f3f1

Tones

Color #73b8ae mixed toward gray.

#79b2aa

#7eaca6

#84a7a2

#8aa19e

#909b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697b0 · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#928cb1 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#78b2b3 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73b8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73b8ae]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#73b8ae (#73b8ae) is rgb(115, 184, 174) in RGB.

No, #73b8ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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