#73BCBC#73BCBC

#73BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.073 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCBC
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -22.71, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 23.82, 197.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0704 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.073 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1272, 43.2397, 54.1150)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCBC #BC7373

analogous

#73BC98 #73BCBC #7398BC

triadic

#73BCBC #BC73BC #BCBC73

tetradic

#73BCBC #9873BC #BC7373 #98BC73

square

#73BCBC #9873BC #BC7373 #98BC73

split-complementary

#73BCBC #BC7398 #BC9873

monochromatic

#3A7A7A #4EA4A4 #73BCBC #9CD0D0 #C6E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#73BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#73BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCBC

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCBC	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.073 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0d0',
    500: '#73bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcbc;
$custom-light: #9fd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74764,
    "c": 0.07311,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCBC

secondary

#D4B7B7

accent

#5C5CCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCBC

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

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