#73BDAC#73BDAC

#73BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.079 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDAC
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -27.05, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 27.08, 177.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0785 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.079 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7114, 43.0164, 45.6010)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDAC #BD7384

analogous

#73BD87 #73BDAC #73A9BD

triadic

#73BDAC #AC73BD #BDAC73

tetradic

#73BDAC #8773BD #BD7384 #A9BD73

square

#73BDAC #8773BD #BD7384 #A9BD73

split-complementary

#73BDAC #BD73A9 #BD8773

monochromatic

#3A7B6C #4EA591 #73BDAC #9DD1C5 #C6E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#73BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#73BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDAC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDAC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.079 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1c4',
    500: '#73bdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdac;
$custom-light: #9fd1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.216,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.07852,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDAC

secondary

#D4B8BE

accent

#5C76CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDAC

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

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