#74AFB8#74AFB8

#74AFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.062 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74AFB8
RGB	rgb(116, 175, 184)
HSL	hsl(188, 32%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 37%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 4.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -16.78, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 19.89, 212.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0551 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.062 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1811, 37.8317, 50.9973)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74AFB8 #B87D74

analogous

#74B89F #74AFB8 #748DB8

triadic

#74AFB8 #B874AF #AFB874

tetradic

#74AFB8 #9F74B8 #B87D74 #8DB874

square

#74AFB8 #9F74B8 #B87D74 #8DB874

split-complementary

#74AFB8 #B8748D #B89F74

monochromatic

#3C6E76 #51949E #74AFB8 #9DC6CD #C5DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74AFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#74AFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74AFB8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74AFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74AFB8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74afb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 175, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.062 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7cd',
    500: '#74afb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74afb8;
$custom-light: #9fc7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74afb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 32.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.06243,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74AFB8

secondary

#D1BAB7

accent

#6D5FC9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74AFB8

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

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