#73B8BF#73B8BF

#73B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.070 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B8BF
RGB	rgb(115, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -19.93, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 22.48, 207.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0643 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.07 204)
XYZ	xyz(33.6113, 41.6851, 55.5550)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B8BF #BF7A73

analogous

#73BFA0 #73B8BF #7392BF

triadic

#73B8BF #BF73B8 #B8BF73

tetradic

#73B8BF #A073BF #BF7A73 #92BF73

square

#73B8BF #A073BF #BF7A73 #92BF73

split-complementary

#73B8BF #BF7392 #BFA073

monochromatic

#3A787E #4DA0A8 #73B8BF #9DCDD2 #C7E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#73B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#73B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B8BF

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B8BF	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.070 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcdd2',
    500: '#73b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b8bf;
$custom-light: #9fcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73942,
    "c": 0.07035,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.41687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B8BF

secondary

#D6BBB8

accent

#655BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B8BF

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

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