#73CDC5#73CDC5

#73CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.088 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73CDC5
RGB	rgb(115, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(175, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(175, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -28.88, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 29.22, 188.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0867 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.088 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9756, 51.3356, 60.6674)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73CDC5 #CD737B

analogous

#73CD98 #73CDC5 #73A8CD

triadic

#73CDC5 #C573CD #CDC573

tetradic

#73CDC5 #9873CD #CD737B #A8CD73

square

#73CDC5 #9873CD #CD737B #A8CD73

split-complementary

#73CDC5 #CD73A8 #CD9873

monochromatic

#349289 #46BDB2 #73CDC5 #A0DDD8 #CDEDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#73CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#73CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73CDC5

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73CDC5	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.088 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dcd6',
    500: '#73cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73cdc5;
$custom-light: #a1dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78998,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73CDC5

secondary

#984C53

accent

#2B38BB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #73CDC5

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

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