#74BCA5#74BCA5

#74BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.080 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCA5
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(161, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(161, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -27.87, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 28.24, 170.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0795 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.08 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9746, 42.3940, 42.0880)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCA5 #BC748B

analogous

#74BC81 #74BCA5 #74AFBC

triadic

#74BCA5 #A574BC #BCA574

tetradic

#74BCA5 #8174BC #BC748B #AFBC74

square

#74BCA5 #8174BC #BC748B #AFBC74

split-complementary

#74BCA5 #BC74AF #BC8174

monochromatic

#3B7B66 #4FA489 #74BCA5 #9DD0C0 #C7E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#74BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#74BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCA5

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCA5	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.080 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0bf',
    500: '#74bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bca5;
$custom-light: #9fd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCA5

secondary

#D4B8C1

accent

#5D80CB

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F9F7

border

#CDD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCA5

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

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