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#73EFE9

#73efe9 ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#73efe9 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 93.73% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.51% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 177.1°, with 79.49% saturation and 69.41% 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 15.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#66ffff
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Relative luminance0.7126

Complementary

  1. #73efe9
  2. #ef7379

Split complementary

  1. #73efe9
  2. #ef73b7
  3. #efab73

Analogous

  1. #73efab
  2. #73efe9
  3. #73b7ef

Triadic

  1. #73efe9
  2. #e973ef
  3. #efe973

Tetradic

  1. #73efe9
  2. #7379ef
  3. #ef7379
  4. #efe973

Square

  1. #73efe9
  2. #ab73ef
  3. #ef7379
  4. #b7ef73

Monochromatic

  1. #15b4ad
  2. #2ee7de
  3. #73efe9
  4. #b8f7f4
  5. #edfdfc

Shades

#73efe9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #73efe9
  2. #68d7d2
  3. #5cbfba
  4. #51a7a3
  5. #458f8c
  6. #3a7875
  7. #2e605d
  8. #234846
  9. #17302f
  10. #0c1817
  11. #000000

Tints

#73efe9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #73efe9
  2. #81f1eb
  3. #8ff2ed
  4. #9df4f0
  5. #abf5f2
  6. #b9f7f4
  7. #c7f9f6
  8. #d5faf8
  9. #e3fcfb
  10. #f1fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#73efe9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #73efe9
  2. #74e4df
  3. #76d9d4
  4. #77ceca
  5. #78c3bf
  6. #7ab8b5
  7. #7bacaa
  8. #7ca1a0
  9. #7d9695
  10. #7f8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbe4e1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e4e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced5ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0bf5ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0e9e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1e0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4bf2eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-73efe9 {
  color: #73efe9;
}
Background
.bg-73efe9 {
  background-color: #73efe9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-73efe9 {
  border: 2px solid #73efe9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #73efe9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 239 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 79% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-73efe9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #73efe9, #73b7ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-73efe9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 239 233 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.82 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.87 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.40 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.40 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.83 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.17 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.28 #8c1016 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#73efe9  rgb(115, 239, 233)  hsl(177, 79%, 69%)  Electric Blue
#ef7379  rgb(239, 115, 121)  hsl(357, 79%, 69%)  Light Coral
#e973ef  rgb(233, 115, 239)  hsl(297, 79%, 69%)  Violet
#efe973  rgb(239, 233, 115)  hsl(57, 79%, 69%)  Straw