#73BCBF#73BCBF

#73BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.073 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCBF
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -21.96, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 23.62, 201.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0691 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.073 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4539, 43.3704, 55.8359)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCBF #BF7673

analogous

#73BF9C #73BCBF #7396BF

triadic

#73BCBF #BF73BC #BCBF73

tetradic

#73BCBF #9C73BF #BF7673 #96BF73

square

#73BCBF #9C73BF #BF7673 #96BF73

split-complementary

#73BCBF #BF7396 #BF9C73

monochromatic

#3A7B7E #4DA4A8 #73BCBF #9DD0D2 #C7E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#73BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#73BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCBF

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCBF	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)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.073 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0d2',
    500: '#73bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcbf;
$custom-light: #9fd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.368,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCBF

secondary

#D6B9B8

accent

#5F5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCBF

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

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