#74BBB4#74BBB4

#74BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.072 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBB4
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -23.90, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 24.16, 188.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0717 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.072 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2079, 42.5467, 49.6336)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBB4 #BB747B

analogous

#74BB91 #74BBB4 #749FBB

triadic

#74BBB4 #B474BB #BBB474

tetradic

#74BBB4 #9174BB #BB747B #9FBB74

square

#74BBB4 #9174BB #BB747B #9FBB74

split-complementary

#74BBB4 #BB749F #BB9174

monochromatic

#3B7973 #4FA29A #74BBB4 #9DCFCA #C6E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#74BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#74BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBB4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBB4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.072 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfca',
    500: '#74bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbb4;
$custom-light: #9fcfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.085,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74323,
    "c": 0.07239,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBB4

secondary

#D3B8BA

accent

#5D68CA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBB4

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

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