#73B4BB#73B4BB

#73B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.067 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4BB
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -18.89, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 21.42, 208.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.061 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.067 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3579, 39.8730, 52.9953)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4BB #BB7A73

analogous

#73BB9E #73B4BB #7390BB

triadic

#73B4BB #BB73B4 #B4BB73

tetradic

#73B4BB #9E73BB #BB7A73 #90BB73

square

#73B4BB #9E73BB #BB7A73 #90BB73

split-complementary

#73B4BB #BB7390 #BB9E73

monochromatic

#3B7379 #4F9AA2 #73B4BB #9CCACF #C5E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#73B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#73B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4BB

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4BB	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.067 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcacf',
    500: '#73b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4bb;
$custom-light: #9fcacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.833,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.06703,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4BB

secondary

#D3BAB7

accent

#685DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4BB

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

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