#73b9ff

Color #73b9ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 15.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#73b9ff

RGB

rgb(115, 185, 255)

HSL

hsl(210, 100%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 54.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(73.26, -2.5, -41.25)

LCH

lch(73.26, 41.33, 266.53)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1236, 249.73)

HWB

hwb(210, 45.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffb973

Analogous

#73ffff

#73b9ff

#7373ff

Triadic

#73b9ff

#ff73b9

#b9ff73

Split-complementary

#73b9ff

#ff7373

#ffff73

Tetradic

#73b9ff

#b973ff

#ffb973

#b9ff73

Square

#73b9ff

#ff73ff

#ffb973

#73ff73

Shades

Color #73b9ff mixed toward black.

#359aff

#007bf7

#005cb9

#003e7b

#001f3e

Tints

Color #73b9ff mixed toward white.

#8ac5ff

#a2d0ff

#b9dcff

#d0e8ff

#e8f3ff

Tones

Color #73b9ff mixed toward gray.

#7eb9f3

#8ab9e8

#96b9dc

#a2b9d0

#adb9c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797f0 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#928ded · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#78e4e1 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73b9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73b9ff]

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Frequently asked questions

#73b9ff (#73b9ff) is rgb(115, 185, 255) in RGB.

No, #73b9ff 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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