Information about #73BFBC color
Basic facts about this digital color
#73BFBC presents itself as a softly balanced water-like cyan — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Fresh Soft Blue (#6AB9BB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Blue Hosta (#77BFC7) and Neptune (#7CB7BB).
The recipe behind #73BFBC is rgb(115, 191, 188), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #73BFBC: 9.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #73BFBC is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#73BFBC color variations
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#73BFBC color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#73BFBC color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#73BFBC color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#73BFBC color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#73BFBC 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 #73BFBC color
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Nearest named colors to #73BFBC
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#6AB9BB
#77BFC7
#7CB7BB
#7AC5B4
#78C7C7
#78B1BF
#71B8CA
#6EAEC0
#6DB6AD
#63B7B7
#6FD2BE
#78AFB2
#73BFBC color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#73BFBC
- RGB115, 191, 188
- CMYK30, 0, 1, 25
- CSSrgb(115, 191, 188)
- HSL178°, 37%, 60%
- HSL Precise177.632°, 37.255%, 60%
- HSV178°, 40%, 75%
- HSB178°, 40%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.451
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.737
- GLSLvec3(0.451, 0.749, 0.737)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.451, 0.749, 0.737, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.451, 0.749, 0.737)
- Percentage of Red in RGB45.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB73.7%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID73BFBC
- DECIMAL ID7585724
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
