#74BCAC#74BCAC

#74BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.076 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCAC
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -26.28, 0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 26.30, 177.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0764 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.076 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6293, 42.6558, 45.5358)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCAC #BC7484

analogous

#74BC88 #74BCAC #74A8BC

triadic

#74BCAC #AC74BC #BCAC74

tetradic

#74BCAC #8874BC #BC7484 #A8BC74

square

#74BCAC #8874BC #BC7484 #A8BC74

split-complementary

#74BCAC #BC74A8 #BC8874

monochromatic

#3B7B6C #4FA491 #74BCAC #9DD0C5 #C7E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#74BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCAC

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCAC	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.076 178.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCAC

secondary

#D4B8BE

accent

#5D75CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCAC

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

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