#74BBB3#74BBB3

#74BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.073 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBB3
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -24.14, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 24.33, 187.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0722 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.073 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1064, 42.5061, 49.0991)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBB3 #BB747C

analogous

#74BB90 #74BBB3 #74A0BB

triadic

#74BBB3 #B374BB #BBB374

tetradic

#74BBB3 #9074BB #BB747C #A0BB74

square

#74BBB3 #9074BB #BB747C #A0BB74

split-complementary

#74BBB3 #BB74A0 #BB9074

monochromatic

#3B7972 #4FA299 #74BBB3 #9DCFC9 #C6E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#74BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#74BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBB3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBB3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.073 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfc9',
    500: '#74bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbb3;
$custom-light: #9fcfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74292,
    "c": 0.07265,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBB3

secondary

#D3B8BB

accent

#5D6ACA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBB3

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

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