#73BCAB#73BCAB

#73BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.078 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCAB
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(166, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -26.79, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 26.82, 176.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0777 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.078 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4014, 42.5494, 45.0257)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCAB #BC7384

analogous

#73BC87 #73BCAB #73A9BC

triadic

#73BCAB #AB73BC #BCAB73

tetradic

#73BCAB #8773BC #BC7384 #A9BC73

square

#73BCAB #8773BC #BC7384 #A9BC73

split-complementary

#73BCAB #BC73A9 #BC8773

monochromatic

#3A7A6B #4EA490 #73BCAB #9CD0C4 #C6E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#73BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#73BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCAB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCAB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.078 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed0c4',
    500: '#73bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcab;
$custom-light: #9ed0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.027,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74232,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCAB

secondary

#D4B7BE

accent

#5C76CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCAB

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

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