#73BDC4#73BDC4

#73BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.074 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDC4
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -21.20, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 23.78, 206.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0683 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.074 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2279, 44.0230, 58.8548)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDC4 #C47A73

analogous

#73C4A2 #73BDC4 #7394C4

triadic

#73BDC4 #C473BD #BDC473

tetradic

#73BDC4 #A273C4 #C47A73 #94C473

square

#73BDC4 #A273C4 #C47A73 #94C473

split-complementary

#73BDC4 #C47394 #C4A273

monochromatic

#387E85 #4AA7B0 #73BDC4 #9ED1D6 #C9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#73BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#73BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDC4

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDC4	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.074 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1d5',
    500: '#73bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdc4;
$custom-light: #9fd1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.185,
    "s": 40.704,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDC4

secondary

#D9BDBA

accent

#3D32B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDC4

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

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