#74BBBA#74BBBA

#74BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.071 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBBA
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -22.44, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 23.38, 196.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0692 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.071 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8324, 42.7965, 52.9226)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBBA #BB7475

analogous

#74BB97 #74BBBA #7499BB

triadic

#74BBBA #BA74BB #BBBA74

tetradic

#74BBBA #9774BB #BB7475 #99BB74

square

#74BBBA #9774BB #BB7475 #99BB74

split-complementary

#74BBBA #BB7499 #BB9774

monochromatic

#3B7978 #4FA2A1 #74BBBA #9DCFCE #C6E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#74BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBBA

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBBA	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.071 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfce',
    500: '#74bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbba;
$custom-light: #9fcfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.07149,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBBA

secondary

#D3B8B8

accent

#5D5FCA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBBA

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

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