#73B5BB#73B5BB

#73B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.068 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5BB
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -19.40, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 21.68, 206.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0622 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.068 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5605, 40.2782, 53.0628)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5BB #BB7973

analogous

#73BB9D #73B5BB #7391BB

triadic

#73B5BB #BB73B5 #B5BB73

tetradic

#73B5BB #9D73BB #BB7973 #91BB73

square

#73B5BB #9D73BB #BB7973 #91BB73

split-complementary

#73B5BB #BB7391 #BB9D73

monochromatic

#3B7479 #4F9BA2 #73B5BB #9CCBCF #C5E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#73B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#73B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5BB

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5BB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.068 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbcf',
    500: '#73b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5bb;
$custom-light: #9fcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.06768,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5BB

secondary

#D3B9B7

accent

#665DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5BB

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

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