#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
RGBrgb(116, 181, 174)
HSLhsl(174, 31%, 58%)
HSVhsv(174, 36%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(35.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(69.34, -22.32, -3.01)
CIE-LCHlch(69.34, 22.52, 187.69°)
OKLaboklab(72.74% -0.0669 -0.0084)
OKLCHoklch(72.74% 0.067 187.2)
XYZxyz(31.3635, 39.8147, 46.0685)
Luminance0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##74B5AE1.002.348.968.96
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9621.001.001.00
##0000008.9621.001.001.00

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

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#74B5AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva