#73B3BB#73B3BB

#73B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.066 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3BB
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -18.37, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 21.18, 209.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0598 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.066 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1568, 39.4707, 52.9282)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3BB #BB7B73

analogous

#73BB9F #73B3BB #738FBB

triadic

#73B3BB #BB73B3 #B3BB73

tetradic

#73B3BB #9F73BB #BB7B73 #8FBB73

square

#73B3BB #9F73BB #BB7B73 #8FBB73

split-complementary

#73B3BB #BB738F #BB9F73

monochromatic

#3B7279 #4F99A2 #73B3BB #9CC9CF #C5E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#73B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3BB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3BB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.066 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcacf',
    500: '#73b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3bb;
$custom-light: #9fcacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.06641,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3BB

secondary

#D3BAB7

accent

#695DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3BB

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

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