#74BBC8#74BBC8

#74BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.074 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BBC8
RGB	rgb(116, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -18.90, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 23.26, 215.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0635 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.074 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3943, 43.4212, 61.1484)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BBC8 #C88174

analogous

#74C8AB #74BBC8 #7491C8

triadic

#74BBC8 #C874BB #BBC874

tetradic

#74BBC8 #AB74C8 #C88174 #91C874

square

#74BBC8 #AB74C8 #C88174 #91C874

split-complementary

#74BBC8 #C87491 #C8AB74

monochromatic

#377E8B #48A5B7 #74BBC8 #A0D0D9 #CCE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#74BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#74BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BBC8

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BBC8	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.074 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfd8',
    500: '#74bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bbc8;
$custom-light: #a0cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.286,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74995,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BBC8

secondary

#DBC1BC

accent

#442FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BBC8

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

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