#73BCB3#73BCB3

#73BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.075 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCB3
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -24.91, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 25.05, 186.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0742 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.075 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1871, 42.8637, 49.1638)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCB3 #BC737C

analogous

#73BC8F #73BCB3 #73A1BC

triadic

#73BCB3 #B373BC #BCB373

tetradic

#73BCB3 #8F73BC #BC737C #A1BC73

square

#73BCB3 #8F73BC #BC737C #A1BC73

split-complementary

#73BCB3 #BC73A1 #BC8F73

monochromatic

#3A7A72 #4EA499 #73BCB3 #9CD0C9 #C6E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#73BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#73BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCB3

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCB3	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.075 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0c9',
    500: '#73bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcb3;
$custom-light: #9fd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.603,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74475,
    "c": 0.07458,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCB3

secondary

#D4B7BB

accent

#5C6ACB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCB3

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

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