Information about #73C5CE color
Basic facts about this digital color
#73C5CE presents itself as a confidently colored water-like cyan — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Northern Lights Blue (#78C7C7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Blue Hosta (#77BFC7) and Refresh (#71B8CA).
The recipe behind #73C5CE is rgb(115, 197, 206), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #73C5CE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#73C5CE color variations
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#73C5CE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#73C5CE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#73C5CE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#73C5CE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#73C5CE color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #73C5CE color
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Nearest named colors to #73C5CE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#78C7C7
#77BFC7
#71B8CA
#77B7D0
#6ECDDB
#65B8D1
#81D3D1
#7ECDDD
#85CED1
#6FD2BE
#6AB2CA
#81D8D0
#73C5CE color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#73C5CE
- RGB115, 197, 206
- CMYK36, 4, 0, 19
- CSSrgb(115, 197, 206)
- HSL186°, 48%, 63%
- HSL Precise185.934°, 48.148%, 62.941%
- HSV186°, 44%, 81%
- HSB186°, 44%, 81%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.451
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.773
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
- GLSLvec3(0.451, 0.773, 0.808)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.451, 0.773, 0.808, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.451, 0.773, 0.808)
- Percentage of Red in RGB45.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB77.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID73C5CE
- DECIMAL ID7587278
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
