#73BDB8#73BDB8

#73BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.074 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDB8
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -24.20, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 24.66, 191.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0733 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.074 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9163, 43.4983, 51.9469)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDB8 #BD7378

analogous

#73BD93 #73BDB8 #739DBD

triadic

#73BDB8 #B873BD #BDB873

tetradic

#73BDB8 #9373BD #BD7378 #9DBD73

square

#73BDB8 #9373BD #BD7378 #9DBD73

split-complementary

#73BDB8 #BD739D #BD9373

monochromatic

#3A7B77 #4EA59F #73BDB8 #9DD1CD #C6E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#73BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#73BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDB8

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDB8	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.074 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1cd',
    500: '#73bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdb8;
$custom-light: #9fd1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.946,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74866,
    "c": 0.07445,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDB8

secondary

#D4B8B9

accent

#5C63CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDB8

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

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