#74B4BE#74B4BE

#74B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.067 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4BE
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -17.86, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 21.27, 212.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0589 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.067 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8147, 40.0710, 54.7106)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4BE #BE7E74

analogous

#74BEA3 #74B4BE #748FBE

triadic

#74B4BE #BE74B4 #B4BE74

tetradic

#74B4BE #A374BE #BE7E74 #8FBE74

square

#74B4BE #A374BE #BE7E74 #8FBE74

split-complementary

#74B4BE #BE748F #BEA374

monochromatic

#3A747D #4E9BA7 #74B4BE #9ECBD2 #C7E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#74B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#74B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4BE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4BE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.067 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcad1',
    500: '#74b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4be;
$custom-light: #9fcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73039,
    "c": 0.06693,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4BE

secondary

#D5BDB9

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4BE

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

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