#74A596#74A596

#74A596 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.057 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A596
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 30%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -19.66, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 19.83, 172.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0566 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.057 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1608, 32.8240, 33.8055)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A596 #A57483

analogous

#74A57E #74A596 #749BA5

triadic

#74A596 #9674A5 #A59674

tetradic

#74A596 #7E74A5 #A57483 #9BA574

square

#74A596 #7E74A5 #A57483 #9BA574

split-complementary

#74A596 #A5749B #A57E74

monochromatic

#3E6056 #568577 #74A596 #99BDB2 #BED5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#74A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#74A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A596

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A596	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.057 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc0b4',
    500: '#74a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a596;
$custom-light: #9dc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.633,
    "s": 21.397,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68259,
    "c": 0.05701,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A596

secondary

#C5B0B6

accent

#6A84BE

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A596

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

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