#73EA46

sRGB: 115 / 234 / 70

#73EA46 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 115 red, 234 green and 70 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 103.5° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 79.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 59.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 115, 234, 70
HSL: 103.54°, 79.61%, 59.61%
HSV / HSB: 103.54°, 70.09%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 50.85%, 0.00%, 70.09%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.597, 62.931, 15.960
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.406, -61.436, 65.945
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62933
24-bit decimal: 7596614

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #73EA46 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.55:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BD46EA sits half a turn (180°) from #73EA46 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#73EA46 #BD46EA

Analogous

#C5EA46 and #46EA6B sit 30° to either side of #73EA46. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C5EA46 #73EA46 #46EA6B

Triadic

#73EA46, #4673EA and #EA4673 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#73EA46 #4673EA #EA4673

Split complementary

Start at #73EA46 and look across the wheel. #6B46EA and #EA46C5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#73EA46 #6B46EA #EA46C5

Square

Starting with #73EA46, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #46C5EA, #BD46EA, then #EA6B46. Across the square, #73EA46 pairs with #BD46EA, and #46C5EA with #EA6B46.

#73EA46 #46C5EA #BD46EA #EA6B46

Tetradic

#73EA46 and #BD46EA are opposites, as are #46EABD and #EA4673. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#73EA46 #46EABD #BD46EA #EA4673

Tints

Mixing #73EA46 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8FEE6B, keeps 80% of the original. By #E3FBDA, the mixture is 80% white.

#73EA46 #8FEE6B #ABF290 #C7F7B5 #E3FBDA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #73EA46 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5CBB38, keeps 80% of the original. By #172F0E, the mixture is 80% black.

#73EA46 #5CBB38 #458C2A #2E5E1C #172F0E #000000

Tones

Mixing #73EA46 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #76D552, keeps 80% of the original. By #7D9574, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#73EA46 #76D552 #78C05D #7BAA69 #7D9574 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#73EA46

RGB

rgb(115 234 70)

HSL

hsl(103.537 79.612% 59.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #73EA46;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#73EA46 uses 115 red, 234 green and 70 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 45.1%

Green 91.8%

Blue 27.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #73EA46 is 50.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 70.1% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 50.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 70.1%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #77EE44. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #7E4 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #73EA46 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #66FF33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #77EE44 Nearest web-safe: #66FF33

Gradient to complement

#73EA46 #7FCF61 #8CB37D #989898 #A47DB3 #B161CF #BD46EA

Color vision previews

Compare how #73EA46 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F1D62B

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E2CC56

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#69E2CA

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D0DC3E

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C9D750

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7AE689

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D0D0D0

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AADD9F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.17144 G 0.82279 B 0.06125

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.57222 G 0.90691 B 0.37845

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.28708 G 0.80116 B 0.11826

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.323 y 0.540 Y 62.931

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 54.902 M % 8.235 Y % 72.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01110011 11101010 01000110