#74AE9C#74AE9C

#74AE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.066 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AE9C
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -22.93, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 23.15, 171.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0658 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.066 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3372, 36.3838, 36.9757)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AE9C #AE7486

analogous

#74AE7F #74AE9C #74A3AE

triadic

#74AE9C #9C74AE #AE9C74

tetradic

#74AE9C #7F74AE #AE7486 #A3AE74

square

#74AE9C #7F74AE #AE7486 #A3AE74

split-complementary

#74AE9C #AE74A3 #AE7F74

monochromatic

#3E6A5C #54917E #74AE9C #9BC5B8 #C1DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#74AE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#74AE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AE9C

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AE9C	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.066 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6b9',
    500: '#74ae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ae9c;
$custom-light: #9ec6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.06631,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AE9C

secondary

#CBB3BA

accent

#6582C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AE9C

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

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