#74B5BC#74B5BC

#74B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.067 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B5BC
RGB	rgb(116, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -18.88, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 21.42, 208.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.061 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.067 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8002, 40.3894, 53.6348)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B5BC #BC7B74

analogous

#74BC9F #74B5BC #7491BC

triadic

#74B5BC #BC74B5 #B5BC74

tetradic

#74B5BC #9F74BC #BC7B74 #91BC74

square

#74B5BC #9F74BC #BC7B74 #91BC74

split-complementary

#74B5BC #BC7491 #BC9F74

monochromatic

#3B747B #4F9CA4 #74B5BC #9DCBD0 #C7E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#74B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#74B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B5BC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B5BC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.067 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbd0',
    500: '#74b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b5bc;
$custom-light: #9fcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.06701,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B5BC

secondary

#D4BBB8

accent

#685DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F8F9

border

#CDD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B5BC

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

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