#73AE9D#73AE9D

#73AE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.067 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AE9D
RGB	rgb(115, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -23.00, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 23.15, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0662 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.067 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2899, 36.3496, 37.4173)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AE9D #AE7384

analogous

#73AE80 #73AE9D #73A2AE

triadic

#73AE9D #9D73AE #AE9D73

tetradic

#73AE9D #8073AE #AE7384 #A2AE73

square

#73AE9D #8073AE #AE7384 #A2AE73

split-complementary

#73AE9D #AE73A2 #AE8073

monochromatic

#3D6A5D #53907F #73AE9D #9AC4B8 #C1DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#73AE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#73AE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AE9D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AE9D	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73ae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.067 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc6b9',
    500: '#73ae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73ae9d;
$custom-light: #9dc6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73ae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.712,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.06657,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AE9D

secondary

#CAB2B9

accent

#6580C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AE9D

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

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