#74B2BC#74B2BC

#74B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.065 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B2BC
RGB	rgb(116, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -17.33, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 20.75, 213.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0573 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.065 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1967, 39.1825, 53.4336)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B2BC #BC7E74

analogous

#74BCA2 #74B2BC #748EBC

triadic

#74B2BC #BC74B2 #B2BC74

tetradic

#74B2BC #A274BC #BC7E74 #8EBC74

square

#74B2BC #A274BC #BC7E74 #8EBC74

split-complementary

#74B2BC #BC748E #BCA274

monochromatic

#3B727B #4F98A4 #74B2BC #9DC9D0 #C7E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#74B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#74B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B2BC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B2BC	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.065 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d0',
    500: '#74b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b2bc;
$custom-light: #9fc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.06526,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B2BC

secondary

#D4BCB8

accent

#6C5DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B2BC

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

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