#73A899#73A899

#73A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.060 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73A899
RGB	rgb(115, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 23%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 32%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -20.85, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 20.96, 174.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0602 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.06 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8207, 33.9486, 35.2703)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73A899 #A87382

analogous

#73A87E #73A899 #739CA8

triadic

#73A899 #9973A8 #A89973

tetradic

#73A899 #7E73A8 #A87382 #9CA873

square

#73A899 #7E73A8 #A87382 #9CA873

split-complementary

#73A899 #A8739C #A87E73

monochromatic

#3E6358 #55897A #73A899 #99BFB4 #BED7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#73A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#73A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73A899

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73A899	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.060 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc2b7',
    500: '#73a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73a899;
$custom-light: #9dc2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.019,
    "s": 23.348,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68994,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73A899

secondary

#C6B0B7

accent

#6881C0

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #73A899

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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