#73C5CE#73C5CE

#73C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.081 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C5CE
RGB	rgb(115, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -22.67, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 25.80, 208.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0737 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.081 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1728, 48.0306, 65.6398)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C5CE #CE7C73

analogous

#73CEA9 #73C5CE #7397CE

triadic

#73C5CE #CE73C5 #C5CE73

tetradic

#73C5CE #A973CE #CE7C73 #97CE73

square

#73C5CE #A973CE #CE7C73 #97CE73

split-complementary

#73C5CE #CE7397 #CEA973

monochromatic

#338A93 #46B2BE #73C5CE #A0D8DE #CEEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#73C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#73C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C5CE

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C5CE	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.081 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d6dd',
    500: '#73c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c5ce;
$custom-light: #a0d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.934,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77448,
    "c": 0.08112,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C5CE

secondary

#DFC1BE

accent

#382ABB

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C5CE

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

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