#74BBAB#74BBAB

#74BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.076 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBAB
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(166, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -26.02, 1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 26.04, 177.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0756 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.076 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3207, 42.1918, 44.9609)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBAB #BB7484

analogous

#74BB88 #74BBAB #74A8BB

triadic

#74BBAB #AB74BB #BBAB74

tetradic

#74BBAB #8874BB #BB7484 #A8BB74

square

#74BBAB #8874BB #BB7484 #A8BB74

split-complementary

#74BBAB #BB74A8 #BB8874

monochromatic

#3B796B #4FA290 #74BBAB #9DCFC4 #C6E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#74BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#74BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBAB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBAB	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.076 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfc4',
    500: '#74bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbab;
$custom-light: #9fcfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.479,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74047,
    "c": 0.07566,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBAB

secondary

#D3B8BE

accent

#5D76CA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBAB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →