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#73D0E8

#73d0e8 ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#73d0e8 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 81.57% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.43% cyan, 10.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 192.31°, with 71.78% saturation and 68.04% 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 11.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.5458

Complementary

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #e88b73

Split complementary

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #e87395
  3. #e8c673

Analogous

  1. #73e8c6
  2. #73d0e8
  3. #7395e8

Triadic

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #e873d0
  3. #d0e873

Tetradic

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #8b73e8
  3. #e88b73
  4. #d0e873

Square

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #c673e8
  3. #e88b73
  4. #95e873

Monochromatic

  1. #1b8aa7
  2. #31badd
  3. #73d0e8
  4. #b5e6f3
  5. #edf9fc

Shades

#73d0e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #68bbd1
  3. #5ca6ba
  4. #5192a2
  5. #457d8b
  6. #3a6874
  7. #2e535d
  8. #233e46
  9. #172a2e
  10. #0c1517
  11. #000000

Tints

#73d0e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #81d5ea
  3. #8fd9ed
  4. #9ddeef
  5. #abe3f1
  6. #b9e8f4
  7. #c7ecf6
  8. #d5f1f8
  9. #e3f6fa
  10. #f1fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#73d0e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #73d0e8
  2. #74c8de
  3. #76c0d3
  4. #77b8c9
  5. #78b0be
  6. #7aa8b4
  7. #7ba0aa
  8. #7c989f
  9. #7d9095
  10. #7f888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9c8d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0cbe9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebde8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #29d9d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6cde9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ac5e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #51d5de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-73d0e8 {
  color: #73d0e8;
}
Background
.bg-73d0e8 {
  background-color: #73d0e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-73d0e8 {
  border: 2px solid #73d0e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #73d0e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 208 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 72% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-73d0e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #73d0e8, #7395e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-73d0e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 208 232 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 3.94 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.15 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.25 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.99 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.02 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.71 #8c2f17 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#73d0e8  rgb(115, 208, 232)  hsl(192, 72%, 68%)  Sky Blue
#e88b73  rgb(232, 139, 115)  hsl(12, 72%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#e873d0  rgb(232, 115, 208)  hsl(312, 72%, 68%)  Orchid
#d0e873  rgb(208, 232, 115)  hsl(72, 72%, 68%)  June Bud