#73AFAE#73AFAE

#73AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.062 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AFAE
RGB	rgb(115, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -19.54, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 20.34, 196.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0602 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.062 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0375, 37.3589, 45.6644)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AFAE #AF7374

analogous

#73AF90 #73AFAE #7392AF

triadic

#73AFAE #AE73AF #AFAE73

tetradic

#73AFAE #9073AF #AF7374 #92AF73

square

#73AFAE #9073AF #AF7374 #92AF73

split-complementary

#73AFAE #AF7392 #AF9073

monochromatic

#3D6B6A #539291 #73AFAE #9AC5C5 #C1DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#73AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#73AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AFAE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AFAE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.062 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7c6',
    500: '#73afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73afae;
$custom-light: #9ec7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71288,
    "c": 0.06214,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AFAE

secondary

#CBB3B3

accent

#6466C4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AFAE

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

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