#73BDBE#73BDBE

#73BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.074 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDBE
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -22.72, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 24.01, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0707 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.074 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5586, 43.7553, 55.3298)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDBE #BE7473

analogous

#73BE9A #73BDBE #7398BE

triadic

#73BDBE #BE73BD #BDBE73

tetradic

#73BDBE #9A73BE #BE7473 #98BE73

square

#73BDBE #9A73BE #BE7473 #98BE73

split-complementary

#73BDBE #BE7398 #BE9A73

monochromatic

#3A7C7D #4DA5A6 #73BDBE #9DD1D1 #C7E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#73BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#73BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDBE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDBE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.074 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d1',
    500: '#73bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdbe;
$custom-light: #9fd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75062,
    "c": 0.0739,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDBE

secondary

#D5B8B8

accent

#5D5BCD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDBE

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