#73B5BC#73B5BC

#73B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.068 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5BC
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -19.15, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 21.69, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0618 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.068 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6679, 40.3212, 53.6286)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5BC #BC7A73

analogous

#73BC9F #73B5BC #7391BC

triadic

#73B5BC #BC73B5 #B5BC73

tetradic

#73B5BC #9F73BC #BC7A73 #91BC73

square

#73B5BC #9F73BC #BC7A73 #91BC73

split-complementary

#73B5BC #BC7391 #BC9F73

monochromatic

#3A747A #4E9BA4 #73B5BC #9CCBD0 #C6E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#73B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#73B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5BC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5BC	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)

#ABB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.068 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbd0',
    500: '#73b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5bc;
$custom-light: #9fcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.06786,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5BC

secondary

#D4BAB7

accent

#675CCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5BC

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

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