#73BBB4#73BBB4

#73BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.073 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBB4
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -24.17, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 24.43, 188.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0725 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.073 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0757, 42.4785, 49.6274)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBB4 #BB737A

analogous

#73BB90 #73BBB4 #739EBB

triadic

#73BBB4 #B473BB #BBB473

tetradic

#73BBB4 #9073BB #BB737A #9EBB73

square

#73BBB4 #9073BB #BB737A #9EBB73

split-complementary

#73BBB4 #BB739E #BB9073

monochromatic

#3B7973 #4FA29A #73BBB4 #9CCFCA #C5E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#73BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#73BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBB4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBB4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.073 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfca',
    500: '#73bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbb4;
$custom-light: #9fcfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74273,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBB4

secondary

#D3B7BA

accent

#5D68CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBB4

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

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