#73BDAE#73BDAE

#73BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.078 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDAE
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -26.58, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 26.58, 179.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0776 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.078 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9049, 43.0938, 46.6202)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDAE #BD7382

analogous

#73BD89 #73BDAE #73A7BD

triadic

#73BDAE #AE73BD #BDAE73

tetradic

#73BDAE #8973BD #BD7382 #A7BD73

square

#73BDAE #8973BD #BD7382 #A7BD73

split-complementary

#73BDAE #BD73A7 #BD8973

monochromatic

#3A7B6E #4EA593 #73BDAE #9DD1C6 #C6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#73BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#73BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDAE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDAE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.078 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1c6',
    500: '#73bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdae;
$custom-light: #9fd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.07758,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDAE

secondary

#D4B8BD

accent

#5C73CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDAE

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

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