#74B2BB#74B2BB

#74B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.065 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2BB
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -17.58, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 20.69, 211.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0577 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.065 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0893, 39.1396, 52.8678)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2BB #BB7D74

analogous

#74BBA1 #74B2BB #748FBB

triadic

#74B2BB #BB74B2 #B2BB74

tetradic

#74B2BB #A174BB #BB7D74 #8FBB74

square

#74B2BB #A174BB #BB7D74 #8FBB74

split-complementary

#74B2BB #BB748F #BBA174

monochromatic

#3B7179 #4F98A2 #74B2BB #9DC9CF #C6E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#74B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2BB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2BB	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.065 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9cf',
    500: '#74b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2bb;
$custom-light: #9fc9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.06496,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2BB

secondary

#D3BBB8

accent

#6B5DCA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2BB

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

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