#73BEC9#73BEC9

#73BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.076 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BEC9
RGB	rgb(115, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -20.42, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 24.13, 212.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0674 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.076 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0224, 44.6861, 61.9741)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BEC9 #C97E73

analogous

#73C9A9 #73BEC9 #7393C9

triadic

#73BEC9 #C973BE #BEC973

tetradic

#73BEC9 #A973C9 #C97E73 #93C973

square

#73BEC9 #A973C9 #C97E73 #93C973

split-complementary

#73BEC9 #C97393 #C9A973

monochromatic

#36818C #47A9B8 #73BEC9 #9FD3DA #CBE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#73BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#73BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BEC9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BEC9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.076 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1d9',
    500: '#73bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bec9;
$custom-light: #a0d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.674,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75669,
    "c": 0.07613,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BEC9

secondary

#DCC0BC

accent

#402EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BEC9

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

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