#73C8BD#73C8BD

#73C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.085 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73C8BD
RGB	rgb(115, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(172, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -28.40, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 28.52, 185.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0843 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.085 185)
XYZ	xyz(36.9062, 48.6247, 55.5750)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73C8BD #C8737E

analogous

#73C893 #73C8BD #73A9C8

triadic

#73C8BD #BD73C8 #C8BD73

tetradic

#73C8BD #9373C8 #C8737E #A9C873

square

#73C8BD #9373C8 #C8737E #A9C873

split-complementary

#73C8BD #C873A9 #C89373

monochromatic

#368A7F #48B6A8 #73C8BD #9FD9D2 #CBEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#73C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#73C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73C8BD

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73C8BD	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.085 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9d0',
    500: '#73c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73c8bd;
$custom-light: #a0d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77585,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.48628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73C8BD

secondary

#DBBCC0

accent

#2F40B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #73C8BD

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

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