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#73CACA

#73caca ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#73caca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 79.22% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.07% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 45.08% saturation and 62.16% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5015

Complementary

  1. #73caca
  2. #ca7373

Split complementary

  1. #73caca
  2. #ca739f
  3. #ca9f73

Analogous

  1. #73ca9f
  2. #73caca
  3. #739fca

Triadic

  1. #73caca
  2. #ca73ca
  3. #caca73

Tetradic

  1. #73caca
  2. #7373ca
  3. #ca7373
  4. #caca73

Square

  1. #73caca
  2. #9f73ca
  3. #ca7373
  4. #9fca73

Monochromatic

  1. #2d7777
  2. #42aeae
  3. #73caca
  4. #abdfdf
  5. #e2f4f4

Shades

#73caca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #73caca
  2. #68b6b6
  3. #5ca2a2
  4. #518d8d
  5. #457979
  6. #3a6565
  7. #2e5151
  8. #233d3d
  9. #172828
  10. #0c1414
  11. #000000

Tints

#73caca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #73caca
  2. #81cfcf
  3. #8fd5d5
  4. #9ddada
  5. #abdfdf
  6. #b9e5e5
  7. #c7eaea
  8. #d5efef
  9. #e3f4f4
  10. #f1fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#73caca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #73caca
  2. #74c3c3
  3. #76bbbb
  4. #77b4b4
  5. #78acac
  6. #7aa5a5
  7. #7b9e9e
  8. #7c9696
  9. #7d8f8f
  10. #7f8787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4c2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0c3ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b7cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #48cfca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7c6ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cbfca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ccdca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-73caca {
  color: #73caca;
}
Background
.bg-73caca {
  background-color: #73caca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-73caca {
  border: 2px solid #73caca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #73caca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 202 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-73caca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #73caca, #739fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-73caca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 202 202 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.83 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.87 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.99 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.73 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.99 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.88 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.53 #8c3535 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#73caca  rgb(115, 202, 202)  hsl(180, 45%, 62%)  Medium Turquoise
#ca7373  rgb(202, 115, 115)  hsl(0, 45%, 62%)  Old Rose
#ca73ca  rgb(202, 115, 202)  hsl(300, 45%, 62%)  Orchid
#caca73  rgb(202, 202, 115)  hsl(60, 45%, 62%)  Dark Khaki