#73b9c3

Color #73b9c3

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#73b9c3

RGB

rgb(115, 185, 195)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 40%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 41%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(71.06, -19.42, -11.99)

LCH

lch(71.06, 22.82, 211.69)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0719, 207.24)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 45.1%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c37d73

Analogous

#73c3a5

#73b9c3

#7391c3

Triadic

#73b9c3

#c373b9

#b9c373

Split-complementary

#73b9c3

#c37391

#c3a573

Tetradic

#73b9c3

#7d73c3

#c37d73

#b9c373

Square

#73b9c3

#a573c3

#c37d73

#91c373

Shades

Color #73b9c3 mixed toward black.

#4fa7b4

#3e8691

#2f656d

#1f4348

#102224

Tints

Color #73b9c3 mixed toward white.

#8ac5cd

#a2d0d7

#b9dce1

#d0e8eb

#e8f3f5

Tones

Color #73b9c3 mixed toward gray.

#7ab4bc

#80afb6

#87aaaf

#8ea5a8

#94a0a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797c1 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#928dc0 · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#78bfbe · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73b9c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73b9c3]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#73b9c3 (#73b9c3) is rgb(115, 185, 195) in RGB.

No, #73b9c3 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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