#73BDA8#73BDA8

#73BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.081 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDA8
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(163, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -27.96, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 28.16, 173.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0802 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.081 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3330, 42.8650, 43.6082)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDA8 #BD7388

analogous

#73BD83 #73BDA8 #73ADBD

triadic

#73BDA8 #A873BD #BDA873

tetradic

#73BDA8 #8373BD #BD7388 #ADBD73

square

#73BDA8 #8373BD #BD7388 #ADBD73

split-complementary

#73BDA8 #BD73AD #BD8373

monochromatic

#3A7B69 #4EA58C #73BDA8 #9DD1C2 #C6E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#73BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#73BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDA8

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDA8	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)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.081 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ed1c1',
    500: '#73bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bda8;
$custom-light: #9ed1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.973,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74379,
    "c": 0.08066,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDA8

secondary

#D4B8C0

accent

#5C7CCC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDA8

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

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