#73BBC8#73BBC8

#73BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.074 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BBC8
RGB	rgb(115, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -19.15, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 23.51, 215.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0643 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.074 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2621, 43.3530, 61.1422)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BBC8 #C88073

analogous

#73C8AB #73BBC8 #7391C8

triadic

#73BBC8 #C873BB #BBC873

tetradic

#73BBC8 #AB73C8 #C88073 #91C873

square

#73BBC8 #AB73C8 #C88073 #91C873

split-complementary

#73BBC8 #C87391 #C8AB73

monochromatic

#367D8A #48A5B6 #73BBC8 #9FD0D9 #CBE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#73BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#73BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BBC8

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BBC8	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.074 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfd8',
    500: '#73bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bbc8;
$custom-light: #a0cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74946,
    "c": 0.07441,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BBC8

secondary

#DBC0BC

accent

#442FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BBC8

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

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