#74AFAA#74AFAA

#74AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.062 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFAA
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -20.22, -3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 20.52, 189.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.061 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.062 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7856, 37.2734, 43.6474)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFAA #AF7479

analogous

#74AF8D #74AFAA #7497AF

triadic

#74AFAA #AA74AF #AFAA74

tetradic

#74AFAA #8D74AF #AF7479 #97AF74

square

#74AFAA #8D74AF #AF7479 #97AF74

split-complementary

#74AFAA #AF7497 #AF8D74

monochromatic

#3E6B67 #54928D #74AFAA #9BC5C2 #C2DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#74AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#74AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFAA

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFAA	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.062 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7c3',
    500: '#74afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afaa;
$custom-light: #9ec7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.915,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71212,
    "c": 0.06177,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFAA

secondary

#CBB3B5

accent

#656DC3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F7

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFAA

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

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