#73c6cd

Color #73c6cd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.72 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#73c6cd

RGB

rgb(115, 198, 205)

HSL

hsl(184.7, 47.4%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.7, 43.9%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(75.1, -23.43, -11.4)

LCH

lch(75.1, 26.06, 205.95)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0816, 202.64)

HWB

hwb(184.7, 45.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd7a73

Analogous

#73cda7

#73c6cd

#7399cd

Triadic

#73c6cd

#cd73c6

#c6cd73

Split-complementary

#73c6cd

#cd7399

#cda773

Tetradic

#73c6cd

#7a73cd

#cd7a73

#c6cd73

Square

#73c6cd

#a773cd

#cd7a73

#99cd73

Shades

Color #73c6cd mixed toward black.

#4cb6bf

#38959d

#2a7076

#1c4b4f

#0e2527

Tints

Color #73c6cd mixed toward white.

#8acfd5

#a2d9de

#b9e2e6

#d0ecee

#e8f5f7

Tones

Color #73c6cd mixed toward gray.

#7ac0c5

#82b9be

#89b3b6

#91adaf

#98a6a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fcb · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#9992cb · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#79caca · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #73c6cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73c6cd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#73c6cd (#73c6cd) is rgb(115, 198, 205) in RGB.

No, #73c6cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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