#73BDBC#73BDBC

#73BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.074 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDBC
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -23.22, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 24.18, 196.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0716 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.074 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3415, 43.6684, 54.1864)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDBC #BD7374

analogous

#73BD97 #73BDBC #7399BD

triadic

#73BDBC #BC73BD #BDBC73

tetradic

#73BDBC #9773BD #BD7374 #99BD73

square

#73BDBC #9773BD #BD7374 #99BD73

split-complementary

#73BDBC #BD7399 #BD9773

monochromatic

#3A7B7B #4EA5A4 #73BDBC #9DD1D0 #C6E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#73BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#73BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDBC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDBC	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.074 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d0',
    500: '#73bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdbc;
$custom-light: #9fd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.189,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDBC

secondary

#D4B8B8

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDBC

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

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