#73B3BC#73B3BC

#73B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.067 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3BC
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -18.11, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 21.22, 211.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0594 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.067 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2642, 39.5137, 53.4940)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3BC #BC7C73

analogous

#73BCA1 #73B3BC #738FBC

triadic

#73B3BC #BC73B3 #B3BC73

tetradic

#73B3BC #A173BC #BC7C73 #8FBC73

square

#73B3BC #A173BC #BC7C73 #8FBC73

split-complementary

#73B3BC #BC738F #BCA173

monochromatic

#3A727A #4E99A4 #73B3BC #9CC9D0 #C6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#73B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3BC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3BC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.067 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d0',
    500: '#73b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3bc;
$custom-light: #9fc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.06667,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3BC

secondary

#D4BBB7

accent

#6A5CCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3BC

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

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