#74A8A2#74A8A2

#74A8A2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.056 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74A8A2
RGB	rgb(116, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(173, 23%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 31%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -18.49, -2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 18.65, 187.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0554 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.056 187)
XYZ	xyz(27.7245, 34.3254, 39.3400)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74A8A2 #A8747A

analogous

#74A888 #74A8A2 #7494A8

triadic

#74A8A2 #A274A8 #A8A274

tetradic

#74A8A2 #8874A8 #A8747A #94A874

square

#74A8A2 #8874A8 #A8747A #94A874

split-complementary

#74A8A2 #A87494 #A88874

monochromatic

#3E635F #568983 #74A8A2 #9AC0BB #BFD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#74A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#74A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74A8A2

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74A8A2	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.056 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec2bd',
    500: '#74a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74a8a2;
$custom-light: #9ec2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 23.009,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69328,
    "c": 0.05579,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.34327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74A8A2

secondary

#C7B1B4

accent

#6872BF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #74A8A2

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

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