#74B4BF#74B4BF

#74B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.067 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4BF
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -17.60, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 21.34, 214.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0585 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.067 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9243, 40.1149, 55.2881)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4BF #BF7F74

analogous

#74BFA4 #74B4BF #748EBF

triadic

#74B4BF #BF74B4 #B4BF74

tetradic

#74B4BF #A474BF #BF7F74 #8EBF74

square

#74B4BF #A474BF #BF7F74 #8EBF74

split-complementary

#74B4BF #BF748E #BFA474

monochromatic

#3A747E #4D9BA8 #74B4BF #9ECBD2 #C8E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#74B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#74B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4BF

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4BF	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.067 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcad2',
    500: '#74b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4bf;
$custom-light: #9fcad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73074,
    "c": 0.06724,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4BF

secondary

#D6BDB9

accent

#4836B0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4BF

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

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