#73BCAF#73BCAF

#73BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.076 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCAF
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -25.86, -0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 25.86, 181.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0759 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.076 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7884, 42.7042, 47.0641)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCAF #BC7380

analogous

#73BC8B #73BCAF #73A5BC

triadic

#73BCAF #AF73BC #BCAF73

tetradic

#73BCAF #8B73BC #BC7380 #A5BC73

square

#73BCAF #8B73BC #BC7380 #A5BC73

split-complementary

#73BCAF #BC73A5 #BC8B73

monochromatic

#3A7A6F #4EA494 #73BCAF #9CD0C7 #C6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#73BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#73BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCAF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCAF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.076 181.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.315,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCAF

secondary

#D4B7BC

accent

#5C70CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCAF

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

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