#74B4AF#74B4AF

#74B4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.066 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4AF
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 36%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -21.57, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 21.93, 190.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0652 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.066 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2588, 39.4487, 46.5163)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4AF #B47479

analogous

#74B48F #74B4AF #7499B4

triadic

#74B4AF #AF74B4 #B4AF74

tetradic

#74B4AF #8F74B4 #B47479 #99B474

square

#74B4AF #8F74B4 #B47479 #99B474

split-complementary

#74B4AF #B47499 #B48F74

monochromatic

#3D716D #529993 #74B4AF #9CC9C6 #C4DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#74B4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#74B4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4AF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4AF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.066 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcac6',
    500: '#74b4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4af;
$custom-light: #9fcac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.313,
    "s": 29.907,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.0661,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4AF

secondary

#CFB5B7

accent

#626AC6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4AF

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

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