#73AFAD#73AFAD

#73AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.062 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFAD
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -19.78, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 20.44, 194.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0606 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.062 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9404, 37.3201, 45.1529)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFAD #AF7375

analogous

#73AF8F #73AFAD #7393AF

triadic

#73AFAD #AD73AF #AFAD73

tetradic

#73AFAD #8F73AF #AF7375 #93AF73

square

#73AFAD #8F73AF #AF7375 #93AF73

split-complementary

#73AFAD #AF7393 #AF8F73

monochromatic

#3D6B69 #539290 #73AFAD #9AC5C4 #C1DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#73AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#73AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFAD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFAD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.062 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7c5',
    500: '#73afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afad;
$custom-light: #9ec7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.06223,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFAD

secondary

#CBB3B3

accent

#6467C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFAD

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

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