#74BCAB#74BCAB

#74BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCAB
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -26.51, 1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 26.55, 176.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0768 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.077 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5336, 42.6176, 45.0319)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCAB #BC7485

analogous

#74BC87 #74BCAB #74A9BC

triadic

#74BCAB #AB74BC #BCAB74

tetradic

#74BCAB #8774BC #BC7485 #A9BC74

square

#74BCAB #8774BC #BC7485 #A9BC74

split-complementary

#74BCAB #BC74A9 #BC8774

monochromatic

#3B7B6C #4FA490 #74BCAB #9DD0C4 #C7E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#74BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCAB

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCAB	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0c4',
    500: '#74bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcab;
$custom-light: #9fd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.07693,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCAB

secondary

#D4B8BF

accent

#5D77CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCAB

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

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