#73B5AC#73B5AC

#73B5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.069 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5AC
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(172, 36%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -23.07, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 23.16, 185.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0686 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.069 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0378, 39.6692, 45.0431)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5AC #B5737C

analogous

#73B58B #73B5AC #739DB5

triadic

#73B5AC #AC73B5 #B5AC73

tetradic

#73B5AC #8B73B5 #B5737C #9DB573

square

#73B5AC #8B73B5 #B5737C #9DB573

split-complementary

#73B5AC #B5739D #B58B73

monochromatic

#3C726A #519A90 #73B5AC #9BCAC4 #C3DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#73B5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#73B5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5AC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5AC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.069 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbc4',
    500: '#73b5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5ac;
$custom-light: #9ecbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.06882,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5AC

secondary

#CFB5B8

accent

#616FC7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5AC

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

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