#74A4AC#74A4AC

#74A4AC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.052 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A4AC
RGB	rgb(116, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(189, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -13.98, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 16.78, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0459 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.052 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9218, 33.2409, 43.9666)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A4AC #AC7C74

analogous

#74AC98 #74A4AC #7488AC

triadic

#74A4AC #AC74A4 #A4AC74

tetradic

#74A4AC #9874AC #AC7C74 #88AC74

square

#74A4AC #9874AC #AC7C74 #88AC74

split-complementary

#74A4AC #AC7488 #AC9874

monochromatic

#3E6268 #55868E #74A4AC #9ABDC3 #C1D6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#74A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#74A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A4AC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A4AC	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.052 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebfc4',
    500: '#74a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a4ac;
$custom-light: #9ebfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 25.225,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68736,
    "c": 0.05249,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A4AC

secondary

#C9B6B2

accent

#7366C2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A4AC

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

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