#74AFA8#74AFA8

#74AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.062 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFA8
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -20.69, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 20.84, 186.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0618 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.062 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5978, 37.1983, 42.6586)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFA8 #AF747B

analogous

#74AF8B #74AFA8 #7499AF

triadic

#74AFA8 #A874AF #AFA874

tetradic

#74AFA8 #8B74AF #AF747B #99AF74

square

#74AFA8 #8B74AF #AF747B #99AF74

split-complementary

#74AFA8 #AF7499 #AF8B74

monochromatic

#3E6B66 #54928B #74AFA8 #9BC5C0 #C2DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#74AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#74AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFA8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFA8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.062 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7c1',
    500: '#74afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afa8;
$custom-light: #9ec7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71149,
    "c": 0.06225,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFA8

secondary

#CBB3B6

accent

#6570C3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFA8

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

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