#74AE99#74AE99

#74AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.068 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AE99
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -23.59, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 24.07, 168.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0671 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.068 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0863, 36.2835, 35.6543)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AE99 #AE7489

analogous

#74AE7C #74AE99 #74A6AE

triadic

#74AE99 #9974AE #AE9974

tetradic

#74AE99 #7C74AE #AE7489 #A6AE74

square

#74AE99 #7C74AE #AE7489 #A6AE74

split-complementary

#74AE99 #AE74A6 #AE7C74

monochromatic

#3E6A5A #54917B #74AE99 #9BC5B5 #C1DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#74AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#74AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AE99

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AE99	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.068 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6b7',
    500: '#74ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ae99;
$custom-light: #9ec6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.276,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.06825,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AE99

secondary

#CBB3BC

accent

#6587C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AE99

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

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