#73BCBE#73BCBE

#73BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.073 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCBE
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -22.21, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 23.68, 200.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0695 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.073 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3443, 43.3265, 55.2583)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCBE #BE7573

analogous

#73BE9B #73BCBE #7397BE

triadic

#73BCBE #BE73BC #BCBE73

tetradic

#73BCBE #9B73BE #BE7573 #97BE73

square

#73BCBE #9B73BE #BE7573 #97BE73

split-complementary

#73BCBE #BE7397 #BE9B73

monochromatic

#3A7B7D #4DA4A6 #73BCBE #9DD0D1 #C7E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#73BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#73BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCBE

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCBE	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.073 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0d1',
    500: '#73bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcbe;
$custom-light: #9fd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74831,
    "c": 0.07311,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCBE

secondary

#D5B9B8

accent

#5E5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCBE

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

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