#73BCA2#73BCA2

#73BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.083 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCA2
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(159, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -28.81, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 29.43, 168.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0816 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.083 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5725, 42.2179, 40.6606)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCA2 #BC738D

analogous

#73BC7E #73BCA2 #73B2BC

triadic

#73BCA2 #A273BC #BCA273

tetradic

#73BCA2 #7E73BC #BC738D #B2BC73

square

#73BCA2 #7E73BC #BC738D #B2BC73

split-complementary

#73BCA2 #BC73B2 #BC7E73

monochromatic

#3A7A63 #4EA485 #73BCA2 #9CD0BD #C6E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#73BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#73BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCA2

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCA2	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)

#B8B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.083 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0bd',
    500: '#73bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bca2;
$custom-light: #9ed0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.63,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73973,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCA2

secondary

#D4B7C1

accent

#5C84CB

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCA2

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

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