#73B5C0#73B5C0

#73B5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.069 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B5C0
RGB	rgb(115, 181, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -18.13, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 21.85, 213.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0602 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.069 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1051, 40.4961, 55.9310)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B5C0 #C07E73

analogous

#73C0A4 #73B5C0 #738FC0

triadic

#73B5C0 #C073B5 #B5C073

tetradic

#73B5C0 #A473C0 #C07E73 #8FC073

square

#73B5C0 #A473C0 #C07E73 #8FC073

split-complementary

#73B5C0 #C0738F #C0A473

monochromatic

#39757F #4C9CAA #73B5C0 #9DCBD3 #C7E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#73B5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#73B5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B5C0

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B5C0	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 181, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.069 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbd3',
    500: '#73b5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b5c0;
$custom-light: #9fcbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73287,
    "c": 0.06891,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B5C0

secondary

#D6BDB9

accent

#4635B1

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B5C0

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

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