#73d9ff

Color #73d9ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.32 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#73d9ff

RGB

rgb(115, 217, 255)

HSL

hsl(196.3, 100%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.3, 54.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(82.1, -19.42, -27.59)

LCH

lch(82.1, 33.74, 234.86)

OKLCH

oklch(83.8%, 0.1089, 224.78)

HWB

hwb(196.3, 45.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9973

Analogous

#73ffdf

#73d9ff

#7393ff

Triadic

#73d9ff

#ff73d9

#d9ff73

Split-complementary

#73d9ff

#ff7393

#ffdf73

Tetradic

#73d9ff

#9973ff

#ff9973

#d9ff73

Square

#73d9ff

#df73ff

#ff9973

#93ff73

Shades

Color #73d9ff mixed toward black.

#35c8ff

#00b4f7

#0087b9

#005a7b

#002d3e

Tints

Color #73d9ff mixed toward white.

#8adfff

#a2e6ff

#b9ecff

#d0f2ff

#e8f9ff

Tones

Color #73d9ff mixed toward gray.

#7ed4f3

#8acee8

#96c9dc

#a2c4d0

#adbec5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aaf7 · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#a39bf4 · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#7bf0ee · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 20.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #73d9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#73d9ff]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#73d9ff (#73d9ff) is rgb(115, 217, 255) in RGB.

No, #73d9ff 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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