#73B3BD#73B3BD

#73B3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.067 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B3BD
RGB	rgb(115, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -17.86, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 21.27, 212.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.059 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.067 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3723, 39.5570, 54.0637)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B3BD #BD7D73

analogous

#73BDA2 #73B3BD #738EBD

triadic

#73B3BD #BD73B3 #B3BD73

tetradic

#73B3BD #A273BD #BD7D73 #8EBD73

square

#73B3BD #A273BD #BD7D73 #8EBD73

split-complementary

#73B3BD #BD738E #BDA273

monochromatic

#3A737B #4E99A5 #73B3BD #9DCAD1 #C6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#73B3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#73B3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B3BD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B3BD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.067 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d0',
    500: '#73b3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b3bd;
$custom-light: #9fc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.06695,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B3BD

secondary

#D4BBB8

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B3BD

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

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