#73B4BF#73B4BF

#73B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.068 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4BF
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -17.86, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 21.60, 214.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0594 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.068 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7921, 40.0467, 55.2819)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4BF #BF7E73

analogous

#73BFA4 #73B4BF #738EBF

triadic

#73B4BF #BF73B4 #B4BF73

tetradic

#73B4BF #A473BF #BF7E73 #8EBF73

square

#73B4BF #A473BF #BF7E73 #8EBF73

split-complementary

#73B4BF #BF738E #BFA473

monochromatic

#3A747E #4D9BA8 #73B4BF #9DCBD2 #C7E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#73B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#73B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4BF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4BF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.068 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcad2',
    500: '#73b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4bf;
$custom-light: #9fcad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73022,
    "c": 0.06808,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4BF

secondary

#D6BDB8

accent

#6B5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4BF

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

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