#74A5AD#74A5AD

#74A5AD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.053 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A5AD
RGB	rgb(116, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -14.26, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 17.06, 213.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0468 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.053 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1979, 33.6388, 44.5342)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A5AD #AD7C74

analogous

#74AD99 #74A5AD #7489AD

triadic

#74A5AD #AD74A5 #A5AD74

tetradic

#74A5AD #9974AD #AD7C74 #89AD74

square

#74A5AD #9974AD #AD7C74 #89AD74

split-complementary

#74A5AD #AD7489 #AD9974

monochromatic

#3E6369 #55878F #74A5AD #9ABEC4 #C1D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#74A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#74A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A5AD

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A5AD	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FA9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.053 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebfc5',
    500: '#74a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a5ad;
$custom-light: #9ebfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 25.792,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69001,
    "c": 0.05339,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A5AD

secondary

#CAB6B3

accent

#7366C2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A5AD

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

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