#73B2BD#73B2BD

#73B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.066 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B2BD
RGB	rgb(115, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -17.34, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 21.08, 214.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0577 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.066 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1727, 39.1576, 53.9971)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B2BD #BD7E73

analogous

#73BDA3 #73B2BD #738DBD

triadic

#73B2BD #BD73B2 #B2BD73

tetradic

#73B2BD #A373BD #BD7E73 #8DBD73

square

#73B2BD #A373BD #BD7E73 #8DBD73

split-complementary

#73B2BD #BD738D #BDA373

monochromatic

#3A727B #4E98A5 #73B2BD #9DC9D1 #C6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#73B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#73B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B2BD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B2BD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.066 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d0',
    500: '#73b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b2bd;
$custom-light: #9fc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.06645,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B2BD

secondary

#D4BCB8

accent

#6D5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B2BD

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

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