#74B5BB#74B5BB

#74B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.067 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5BB
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -19.14, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 21.41, 206.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0614 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.067 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6927, 40.3464, 53.0690)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5BB #BB7A74

analogous

#74BB9E #74B5BB #7492BB

triadic

#74B5BB #BB74B5 #B5BB74

tetradic

#74B5BB #9E74BB #BB7A74 #92BB74

square

#74B5BB #9E74BB #BB7A74 #92BB74

split-complementary

#74B5BB #BB7492 #BB9E74

monochromatic

#3B7479 #4F9BA2 #74B5BB #9DCBCF #C6E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#74B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#74B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5BB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5BB	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.067 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbcf',
    500: '#74b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5bb;
$custom-light: #9fcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.07,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73165,
    "c": 0.06682,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5BB

secondary

#D3BAB8

accent

#675DCA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5BB

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

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