#74B5AE#74B5AE

#74B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.067 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5AE
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 36%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -22.32, -3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 22.52, 187.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0669 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.067 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3635, 39.8147, 46.0685)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5AE #B5747B

analogous

#74B58D #74B5AE #749BB5

triadic

#74B5AE #AE74B5 #B5AE74

tetradic

#74B5AE #8D74B5 #B5747B #9BB574

square

#74B5AE #8D74B5 #B5747B #9BB574

split-complementary

#74B5AE #B5749B #B58D74

monochromatic

#3D726C #529A92 #74B5AE #9CCAC5 #C4E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#74B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#74B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5AE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5AE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.067 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbc6',
    500: '#74b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5ae;
$custom-light: #9fcbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.538,
    "s": 30.516,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.06739,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5AE

secondary

#CFB5B8

accent

#616CC7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5AE

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

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