#73B8BB#73B8BB

#73B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.070 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8BB
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -20.94, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 22.56, 201.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0659 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.07 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1771, 41.5114, 53.2683)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8BB #BB7673

analogous

#73BB9A #73B8BB #7394BB

triadic

#73B8BB #BB73B8 #B8BB73

tetradic

#73B8BB #9A73BB #BB7673 #94BB73

square

#73B8BB #9A73BB #BB7673 #94BB73

split-complementary

#73B8BB #BB7394 #BB9A73

monochromatic

#3B7679 #4F9FA2 #73B8BB #9CCDCF #C5E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#73B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#73B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8BB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8BB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.070 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcdcf',
    500: '#73b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8bb;
$custom-light: #9fcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.06984,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8BB

secondary

#D3B8B7

accent

#625DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8BB

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

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