#73BCBD#73BCBD

#73BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.073 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCBD
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -22.47, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 23.74, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.07 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.073 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2353, 43.2830, 54.6847)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCBD #BD7473

analogous

#73BD99 #73BCBD #7397BD

triadic

#73BCBD #BD73BC #BCBD73

tetradic

#73BCBD #9973BD #BD7473 #97BD73

square

#73BCBD #9973BD #BD7473 #97BD73

split-complementary

#73BCBD #BD7397 #BD9973

monochromatic

#3A7B7B #4EA4A5 #73BCBD #9DD0D1 #C6E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#73BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#73BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCBD

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCBD	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.073 196.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74797,
    "c": 0.07309,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCBD

secondary

#D4B8B8

accent

#5D5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCBD

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

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