#73BBB3#73BBB3

#73BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.073 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBB3
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -24.41, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 24.60, 187.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.073 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.073 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9742, 42.4379, 49.0929)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBB3 #BB737B

analogous

#73BB8F #73BBB3 #739FBB

triadic

#73BBB3 #B373BB #BBB373

tetradic

#73BBB3 #8F73BB #BB737B #9FBB73

square

#73BBB3 #8F73BB #BB737B #9FBB73

split-complementary

#73BBB3 #BB739F #BB8F73

monochromatic

#3B7972 #4FA299 #73BBB3 #9CCFC9 #C5E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#73BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#73BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBB3

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBB3	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.073 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfc9',
    500: '#73bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbb3;
$custom-light: #9fcfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74241,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBB3

secondary

#D3B7BA

accent

#5D69CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBB3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →