#74AFAE#74AFAE

#74AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.061 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFAE
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -19.26, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 20.05, 196.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0593 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.061 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1697, 37.4271, 45.6706)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFAE #AF7475

analogous

#74AF91 #74AFAE #7493AF

triadic

#74AFAE #AE74AF #AFAE74

tetradic

#74AFAE #9174AF #AF7475 #93AF74

square

#74AFAE #9174AF #AF7475 #93AF74

split-complementary

#74AFAE #AF7493 #AF9174

monochromatic

#3E6B6A #549291 #74AFAE #9BC5C5 #C2DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#74AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#74AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFAE

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFAE	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.061 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec7c6',
    500: '#74afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afae;
$custom-light: #9ec7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71342,
    "c": 0.06124,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFAE

secondary

#CBB3B4

accent

#6566C3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFAE

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

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