#73B2BC#73B2BC

#73B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.066 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B2BC
RGB	rgb(115, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -17.59, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 21.01, 213.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0581 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.066 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0645, 39.1143, 53.4274)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B2BC #BC7D73

analogous

#73BCA2 #73B2BC #738EBC

triadic

#73B2BC #BC73B2 #B2BC73

tetradic

#73B2BC #A273BC #BC7D73 #8EBC73

square

#73B2BC #A273BC #BC7D73 #8EBC73

split-complementary

#73B2BC #BC738E #BCA273

monochromatic

#3A717A #4E98A4 #73B2BC #9CC9D0 #C6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#73B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#73B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B2BC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B2BC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.066 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d0',
    500: '#73b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b2bc;
$custom-light: #9fc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.06612,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B2BC

secondary

#D4BBB7

accent

#6C5CCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B2BC

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

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