#73BDC8#73BDC8

#73BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.075 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BDC8
RGB	rgb(115, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -20.17, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 23.88, 212.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0667 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.075 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6893, 44.2075, 61.2846)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BDC8 #C87E73

analogous

#73C8A9 #73BDC8 #7393C8

triadic

#73BDC8 #C873BD #BDC873

tetradic

#73BDC8 #A973C8 #C87E73 #93C873

square

#73BDC8 #A973C8 #C87E73 #93C873

split-complementary

#73BDC8 #C87393 #C8A973

monochromatic

#367F8A #48A8B6 #73BDC8 #9FD2D9 #CBE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#73BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#73BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BDC8

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BDC8	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.075 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1d8',
    500: '#73bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bdc8;
$custom-light: #a0d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.765,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.07535,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BDC8

secondary

#DBC0BC

accent

#402FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BDC8

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

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