#74BBC4#74BBC4

#74BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.072 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBC4
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -19.93, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 23.04, 210.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0651 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.072 206)
XYZ	xyz(34.9329, 43.2367, 58.7186)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBC4 #C47D74

analogous

#74C4A5 #74BBC4 #7493C4

triadic

#74BBC4 #C474BB #BBC474

tetradic

#74BBC4 #A574C4 #C47D74 #93C474

square

#74BBC4 #A574C4 #C47D74 #93C474

split-complementary

#74BBC4 #C47493 #C4A574

monochromatic

#387C85 #4BA5B0 #74BBC4 #9FD0D6 #CAE5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#74BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#74BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBC4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBC4	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.072 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfd5',
    500: '#74bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbc4;
$custom-light: #a0cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.75,
    "s": 40.404,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74854,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.43239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBC4

secondary

#D9BEBB

accent

#4132B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBC4

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

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