#74BBAD#74BBAD

#74BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.075 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBAD
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -25.56, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 25.56, 179.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0747 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.075 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5128, 42.2686, 45.9725)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBAD #BB7482

analogous

#74BB8A #74BBAD #74A6BB

triadic

#74BBAD #AD74BB #BBAD74

tetradic

#74BBAD #8A74BB #BB7482 #A6BB74

square

#74BBAD #8A74BB #BB7482 #A6BB74

split-complementary

#74BBAD #BB74A6 #BB8A74

monochromatic

#3B796D #4FA292 #74BBAD #9DCFC5 #C6E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#74BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#74BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBAD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBAD	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.075 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfc5',
    500: '#74bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbad;
$custom-light: #9fcfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBAD

secondary

#D3B8BD

accent

#5D73CA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBAD

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

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