#73BDAD#73BDAD

#73BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.078 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDAD
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -26.81, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 26.83, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.078 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.078 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8078, 43.0549, 46.1087)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDAD #BD7383

analogous

#73BD88 #73BDAD #73A8BD

triadic

#73BDAD #AD73BD #BDAD73

tetradic

#73BDAD #8873BD #BD7383 #A8BD73

square

#73BDAD #8873BD #BD7383 #A8BD73

split-complementary

#73BDAD #BD73A8 #BD8873

monochromatic

#3A7B6D #4EA592 #73BDAD #9DD1C5 #C6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#73BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#73BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDAD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDAD	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.078 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1c5',
    500: '#73bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdad;
$custom-light: #9fd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74526,
    "c": 0.07804,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDAD

secondary

#D4B8BE

accent

#5C74CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDAD

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

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