Teal
#73CACF
#73CACF is a teal with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#73CACF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #73CACF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 E0FEFF
- 100 BAF9FC
- 200 A2E8EB
- 300 73CACF
- 400 5FB3B8
- 500 3E979C
- 600 1C7C81
- 700 006266
- 800 00494D
- 900 003235
- 950 001D1F
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-teal-50: #e0feff; --color-teal-100: #baf9fc; --color-teal-200: #a2e8eb; --color-teal-300: #73cacf; --color-teal-400: #5fb3b8; --color-teal-500: #3e979c; --color-teal-600: #1c7c81; --color-teal-700: #006266; --color-teal-800: #00494d; --color-teal-900: #003235; --color-teal-950: #001d1f;}Is #73CACF readable?
Contrast for text on #73CACF and for #73CACF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.9APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #248288 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.9APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #73CACF
Six palettes built around #73CACF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#73CACF · #43A8D2 · #1CCFAD · #D2E2FF · #1C2C2C
- Complementary#73CACF · #E47B83 · #FF726B · #99FAFF · #233234
- Split complementary#73CACF · #B56594 · #FF842F · #90E7E5 · #1B2323
- Triadic#73CACF · #A467BB · #DEA800 · #97EBF4 · #0F2627
- Tetradic#73CACF · #9893D4 · #FF7581 · #CDF1AA · #1E3133
- Monochromatic#73CACF · #009499 · #00C9D8 · #AEF7FF · #20292A
#73CACF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #73CACF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #E0FEFF
- Brand 100, #BAF9FC
- Brand 200, #A2E8EB
- Brand 300, #73CACF
- Brand 400, #5FB3B8
- Brand 500, #3E979C
- Brand 600, #1C7C81
- Brand 700, #006266
- Brand 800, #00494D
- Brand 900, #003235
- Brand 950, #001D1F
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F2F5F5
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E6
- Neutral 300, #CFD6D6
- Neutral 400, #99A3A4
- Neutral 500, #6B7676
- Neutral 600, #4C5757
- Neutral 700, #394243
- Neutral 800, #212A2A
- Neutral 900, #111A1A
- Neutral 950, #050C0C
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #DEAD4B
- Warning 400, #C99B3B
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #73CACF
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