#73B4AC#73B4AC

#73B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.068 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4AC
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(173, 36%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -22.57, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 22.70, 186.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0673 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.068 186)
XYZ	xyz(30.8352, 39.2639, 44.9756)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4AC #B4737B

analogous

#73B48B #73B4AC #739CB4

triadic

#73B4AC #AC73B4 #B4AC73

tetradic

#73B4AC #8B73B4 #B4737B #9CB473

square

#73B4AC #8B73B4 #B4737B #9CB473

split-complementary

#73B4AC #B4739C #B48B73

monochromatic

#3C706A #529890 #73B4AC #9BC9C4 #C3DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#73B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#73B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4AC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4AC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.068 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecac4',
    500: '#73b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4ac;
$custom-light: #9ecac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.615,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.06768,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.39266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4AC

secondary

#CEB4B8

accent

#616EC6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4AC

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

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