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#73a592

a balanced, soft green · cool · closest name: Cadet Blue

Token name suggestion: Signal Moss

RGB
115, 165, 146
HSL
157°, 22%, 55%
CMYK
30, 0, 12, 35
Luminance
0.3263

#73a592 is a balanced soft green, 157° on the wheel and 67/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.53:1). As text it scores 2.79:1 on white — use #527F6E instead. Nearest name is Cadet Blue, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(157 22% 55%)rgb(115 165 146)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #73a592 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#73a592
Hue
157°
green
Saturation
22%
soft
Lightness
55%
balanced
Brightness
65%
HSV value
Perceived
59%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3263
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
67/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
7.53:1
Closest name
Cadet Blue
ΔE2000 9
Chroma
21.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.681
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 10.5
Web-safe
#669999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue157° of 360°
Saturation22%
Lightness55%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #73a592.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool67% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green82%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#73a592
HEX (8-digit)#73a592ff
RGBrgb(115, 165, 146)
RGBArgba(115, 165, 146, 1)
HSLhsl(157, 22%, 55%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157, 30%, 65%)
HWBhwb(157 45% 35%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 0%, 12%, 35%)
LABlab(63.9 -20.9 4.5)
LCHlch(63.9 21.3 167.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.681 0.060 168.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(25.71, 32.63, 32.13)
Decimal7579026
Display P3color(display-p3 0.451 0.647 0.573)
Web-safe#669999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #73a592;
background-color: #73a592;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #73a592;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#73a592] bg-[#73a592]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #73a592;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.451, green: 0.647, blue: 0.573)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.451, green: 0.647, blue: 0.573, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#73A592</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF73A592)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF73A592)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(146, 165, 115)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(115, 165, 146)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(115, 165, 146)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 115, 165, 146)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4510f, 0.6471f, 0.5725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{115,165,146}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #73a592 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #73a592 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#324E43, #DAE7E2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #73a592 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F9F8;
  --brand-100: #EDF2F0;
  --brand-200: #D8E4DF;
  --brand-300: #BBD3CA;
  --brand-400: #99BDAF;
  --brand-500: #73a592;
  --brand-600: #609581;
  --brand-700: #507C6B;
  --brand-800: #406356;
  --brand-900: #314940;
  --brand-950: #1F2E28;
  --brand: #73a592;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F8;
  --brand-border: #CDDFD8;
  --brand-hover: #609581;
  --brand-pressed: #527F6E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #16221E;
    --brand-ink: #DAE7E2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F8',
        100: '#EDF2F0',
        200: '#D8E4DF',
        300: '#BBD3CA',
        400: '#99BDAF',
        500: '#73a592',
        600: '#609581',
        700: '#507C6B',
        800: '#406356',
        900: '#314940',
        950: '#1F2E28',
        DEFAULT: '#73a592',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F8,
  '100': #EDF2F0,
  '200': #D8E4DF,
  '300': #BBD3CA,
  '400': #99BDAF,
  '500': #73a592,
  '600': #609581,
  '700': #507C6B,
  '800': #406356,
  '900': #314940,
  '950': #1F2E28,
);
$brand-base: #73a592;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF2F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8E4DF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BBD3CA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#99BDAF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#73a592", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#609581", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#507C6B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#406356", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#314940", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1F2E28", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #73a592 · 7.53:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.79:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.53:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #73a592 as text scores 2.79:1 on white and 7.53:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #324E43 at 3.26:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#527F6E · 4.55:1
AA on white−14% L
#527F6E
The quick fox
#3C5D50 · 7.31:1
AAA on white−25% L
#3C5D50
The quick fox
#73a592 · 7.53:1
AA on blackalready passes
#73a592
The quick fox
#73a592 · 7.53:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#73a592

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6A9F8B is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#73a592 on white: 2.79:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#73a592 on black: 7.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #73a592 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #73a592.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.79:1AaAa
Slate 502.67:1AaAa
Slate 1002.55:1AaAa
Slate 2002.26:1AaAa
Slate 3001.88:1AaAa
Slate 4001.09:1AaAa
Slate 5001.71:1AaAa
Slate 6002.72:1AaAa
Slate 7003.71:1AaAa
Slate 8005.24:1AaAa
Slate 9006.40:1AaAa
Black7.53:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A29E91
deuteranopia · #9A9893
tritanopia · #67A69F

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #73a592 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F9F8
#EDF2F0
#D8E4DF
#BBD3CA
#99BDAF
#73a592
#609581
#507C6B
#406356
#314940
#1F2E28
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F8Darkest = 950 · #1F2E28Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.015 168.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.024 168.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.036 168.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.047 168.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.056 168.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.060 168.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.060 168.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.057 168.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.051 168.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.042 168.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.033 168.9);
}

Colors that work with #73a592

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F9F8
Tinted page background
Border#CDDFD8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5A8C79
Captions on the surface
Accent#AA6E94
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#324E43
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF5F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#16221E
Dark-mode background
Hover#609581
One step down in lightness
Pressed#527F6E
Two steps down
Disabled#B7D1C7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#75B79E
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #73a592

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #324E43
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6A9F8B

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight45/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#A57386
Analogous left#73A579
Analogous right#739FA5
Split-complement 1#A5739F
Split-complement 2#A57973
Triadic 1#9273A5
Triadic 2#A59273
Tetradic#7973A5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°157°

#73a592 sits at 157°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red45.1%
Green64.7%
Blue57.3%
R · 0–255
115
0x73
G · 0–255
165
0xa5
B · 0–255
146
0x92

CMYK percentages

Cyan30.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow11.5%
Key (black)35.3%

Total ink coverage is 77%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#73a592 text on a black background

contrast 7.53:1

Card sample

#73a592 text on a white background

contrast 2.79:1

Card sample

#73a592 on grey

2.55:1

#73a592 on its own surface

2.63:1

#73a592 on its dark surface

5.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #73a592;
Background color
Panel with #73a592 background
background-color: #73a592;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #73a592;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(115, 165, 146, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(115, 165, 146, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #73a592;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #73a592, #7397A5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #73a592, #738AA5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #73a592;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #73a592;
caret-color: #73a592;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #73a592;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF5F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #73a592;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#73a592 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #73a592 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(115, 165, 146, 0.5)
rgb(115 165 146 / 50%)
#73a59280
hsl(157 22% 55% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #73a592 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#73a5921a#F1F6F4
20%#73a59233#E3EDE9
40%#73a59266#C7DBD3
60%#73a59299#ABC9BE
80%#73a592cc#8FB7A8

Gradients from #73a592

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98BDAF, #73a592 45%, #324E43);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #73a592, #628498);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #73a592, #A57386);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ABC9BD 0%, #73a592 45%, #324E43 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #92B993 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #86A8B1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #324E43 0%, transparent 65%), #73a592;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #73a592

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#73a592 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.53:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#73a592, answered

What color is #73a592?

#73a592 is a balanced soft green, closest to Cadet Blue (ΔE2000 9). It sits at 157° on the hue wheel with 22% saturation and 55% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #73a592?

rgb(115, 165, 146) — 115 red, 165 green and 146 blue out of 255, or 45.1% / 64.7% / 57.3% by channel.

What is #73a592 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(157, 22%, 55%) and hsv(157, 30%, 65%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #73a592 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3263 and perceived brightness is 59%, so black text on it reaches 7.53:1.

Should I use black or white text on #73a592?

Black. It scores 7.53:1 against #73a592, versus 2.79:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #73a592 accessible on a white background?

#73a592 on white scores 2.79:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #527F6E to reach 4.5:1, or #3C5D50 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #73a592?

#A57386 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A5739F and #A57973, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #73a592?

For interface work: #F6F9F8 as the surface, #CDDFD8 for borders, #5A8C79 for secondary text, #AA6E94 as an accent and #324E43 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #73A579 and #739FA5 stays calm, while #A57386 is the loudest partner.

What is #73a592 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(30%, 0%, 12%, 35%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #73a592 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 67 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #73A580; nudged cooler, #71A7A7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #73a592?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 10.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #73a592 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #73a592 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#73a592] or text-[#73a592], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #73a592 with 50% opacity?

rgba(115, 165, 146, 0.5), or #73a59280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B9D2C9; over black, #3A5349.

Is #73a592 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669999, ΔE2000 8.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #73a592 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #73a592?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #98BDAF, #73a592 45%, #324E43). For more colour, a short hue run to #628498 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #73a592 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #73a592 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.