#73BBAD#73BBAD

#73BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.076 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBAD
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -25.83, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 25.83, 180.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0756 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.076 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3805, 42.2004, 45.9663)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBAD #BB7381

analogous

#73BB89 #73BBAD #73A5BB

triadic

#73BBAD #AD73BB #BBAD73

tetradic

#73BBAD #8973BB #BB7381 #A5BB73

square

#73BBAD #8973BB #BB7381 #A5BB73

split-complementary

#73BBAD #BB73A5 #BB8973

monochromatic

#3B796D #4FA292 #73BBAD #9CCFC5 #C5E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#73BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#73BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBAD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBAD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.076 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfc5',
    500: '#73bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbad;
$custom-light: #9ecfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74057,
    "c": 0.07557,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBAD

secondary

#D3B7BC

accent

#5D72CB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBAD

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

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