#74AEAF#74AEAF

#74AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.060 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AEAF
RGB	rgb(116, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -18.50, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 19.61, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0576 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.06 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0737, 37.0784, 46.1213)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AEAF #AF7574

analogous

#74AF93 #74AEAF #7491AF

triadic

#74AEAF #AF74AE #AEAF74

tetradic

#74AEAF #9374AF #AF7574 #91AF74

square

#74AEAF #9374AF #AF7574 #91AF74

split-complementary

#74AEAF #AF7491 #AF9374

monochromatic

#3E6A6B #549192 #74AEAF #9BC5C5 #C2DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#74AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#74AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AEAF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AEAF	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.060 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6c6',
    500: '#74aeaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74aeaf;
$custom-light: #9ec6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.06031,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AEAF

secondary

#CBB4B3

accent

#6665C3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AEAF

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

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