#73BCAC#73BCAC

#73BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCAC
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(167, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -26.55, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 26.57, 178.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0772 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.077 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4970, 42.5876, 45.5296)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCAC #BC7383

analogous

#73BC88 #73BCAC #73A8BC

triadic

#73BCAC #AC73BC #BCAC73

tetradic

#73BCAC #8873BC #BC7383 #A8BC73

square

#73BCAC #8873BC #BC7383 #A8BC73

split-complementary

#73BCAC #BC73A8 #BC8873

monochromatic

#3A7A6C #4EA491 #73BCAC #9CD0C5 #C6E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#73BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#73BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCAC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCAC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 178.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.849,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.07726,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCAC

secondary

#D4B7BD

accent

#5C75CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCAC

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

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