#74B3BC#74B3BC

#74B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.066 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B3BC
RGB	rgb(116, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -17.85, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 20.95, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0585 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.066 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3964, 39.5819, 53.5002)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B3BC #BC7D74

analogous

#74BCA1 #74B3BC #748FBC

triadic

#74B3BC #BC74B3 #B3BC74

tetradic

#74B3BC #A174BC #BC7D74 #8FBC74

square

#74B3BC #A174BC #BC7D74 #8FBC74

split-complementary

#74B3BC #BC748F #BCA174

monochromatic

#3B737B #4F99A4 #74B3BC #9DCAD0 #C7E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#74B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B3BC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B3BC	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.066 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9d0',
    500: '#74b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b3bc;
$custom-light: #9fc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.06581,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B3BC

secondary

#D4BBB8

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B3BC

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

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