#73c5e8

Color #73c5e8

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 5.24 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#73c5e8

RGB

rgb(115, 197, 232)

HSL

hsl(197.9, 71.8%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.9, 50.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(75.7, -15.64, -25.09)

LCH

lch(75.7, 29.57, 238.06)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0943, 227.53)

HWB

hwb(197.9, 45.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e89673

Analogous

#73e8d0

#73c5e8

#738ae8

Triadic

#73c5e8

#e873c5

#c5e873

Split-complementary

#73c5e8

#e8738a

#e8d073

Tetradic

#73c5e8

#9673e8

#e89673

#c5e873

Square

#73c5e8

#d073e8

#e89673

#8ae873

Shades

Color #73c5e8 mixed toward black.

#41b1e0

#2195c7

#187095

#104b63

#082532

Tints

Color #73c5e8 mixed toward white.

#8acfec

#a2d8f0

#b9e2f3

#d0ecf7

#e8f5fb

Tones

Color #73c5e8 mixed toward gray.

#7dc1de

#86bdd4

#90b9cb

#9ab5c1

#a4b1b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9ee0 · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#9992de · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#79dad8 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73c5e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73c5e8]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#73c5e8 (#73c5e8) is rgb(115, 197, 232) in RGB.

No, #73c5e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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