#74BBC5#74BBC5

#74BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.073 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBC5
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -19.67, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 23.08, 211.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0647 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.073 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0471, 43.2824, 59.3200)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBC5 #C57E74

analogous

#74C5A7 #74BBC5 #7493C5

triadic

#74BBC5 #C574BB #BBC574

tetradic

#74BBC5 #A774C5 #C57E74 #93C574

square

#74BBC5 #A774C5 #C57E74 #93C574

split-complementary

#74BBC5 #C57493 #C5A774

monochromatic

#387D86 #4AA5B2 #74BBC5 #9FD0D7 #CAE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#74BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#74BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBC5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBC5	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.073 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfd6',
    500: '#74bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbc5;
$custom-light: #a0cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.407,
    "s": 41.117,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74889,
    "c": 0.07265,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBC5

secondary

#DABFBB

accent

#4131B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBC5

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

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