#74B2BA#74B2BA

#74B2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.065 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2BA
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -17.84, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 20.64, 210.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0581 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.065 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9826, 39.0969, 52.3060)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2BA #BA7C74

analogous

#74BA9F #74B2BA #748FBA

triadic

#74B2BA #BA74B2 #B2BA74

tetradic

#74B2BA #9F74BA #BA7C74 #8FBA74

square

#74B2BA #9F74BA #BA7C74 #8FBA74

split-complementary

#74B2BA #BA748F #BA9F74

monochromatic

#3C7178 #5098A1 #74B2BA #9DC9CE #C6DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74B2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#74B2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2BA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2BA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.065 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9ce',
    500: '#74b2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2ba;
$custom-light: #9fc9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 33.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7244,
    "c": 0.0647,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2BA

secondary

#D3BAB7

accent

#6A5ECA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2BA

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

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