#73BCAE#73BCAE

#73BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.076 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCAE
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -26.09, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 26.09, 180.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0764 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.076 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6906, 42.6651, 46.5488)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCAE #BC7381

analogous

#73BC8A #73BCAE #73A6BC

triadic

#73BCAE #AE73BC #BCAE73

tetradic

#73BCAE #8A73BC #BC7381 #A6BC73

square

#73BCAE #8A73BC #BC7381 #A6BC73

split-complementary

#73BCAE #BC73A6 #BC8A73

monochromatic

#3A7A6E #4EA493 #73BCAE #9CD0C6 #C6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#73BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#73BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCAE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCAE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.076 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0c6',
    500: '#73bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcae;
$custom-light: #9fd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.493,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCAE

secondary

#D4B7BD

accent

#5C72CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCAE

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

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