#73C5BD#73C5BD

#73C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.081 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5BD
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(174, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -26.94, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 27.21, 188.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0807 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.081 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2182, 47.2488, 55.3456)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5BD #C5737B

analogous

#73C594 #73C5BD #73A4C5

triadic

#73C5BD #BD73C5 #C5BD73

tetradic

#73C5BD #9473C5 #C5737B #A4C573

square

#73C5BD #9473C5 #C5737B #A4C573

split-complementary

#73C5BD #C573A4 #C59473

monochromatic

#38867E #49B1A7 #73C5BD #9ED7D1 #CAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#73C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#73C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5BD

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5BD	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.081 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d7d0',
    500: '#73c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5bd;
$custom-light: #a0d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 41.414,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76886,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5BD

secondary

#D9BBBE

accent

#313EB4

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5BD

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

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