#73B4BC#73B4BC

#73B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.067 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4BC
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -18.63, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 21.45, 209.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0606 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.067 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4653, 39.9160, 53.5610)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4BC #BC7B73

analogous

#73BCA0 #73B4BC #7390BC

triadic

#73B4BC #BC73B4 #B4BC73

tetradic

#73B4BC #A073BC #BC7B73 #90BC73

square

#73B4BC #A073BC #BC7B73 #90BC73

split-complementary

#73B4BC #BC7390 #BCA073

monochromatic

#3A737A #4E9AA4 #73B4BC #9CCAD0 #C6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#73B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#73B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4BC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4BC	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)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.067 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcad0',
    500: '#73b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4bc;
$custom-light: #9fcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4BC

secondary

#D4BAB7

accent

#695CCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4BC

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

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