#74BCAD#74BCAD

#74BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.076 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCAD
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -26.05, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 26.06, 178.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.076 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.076 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7257, 42.6944, 46.0435)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCAD #BC7483

analogous

#74BC89 #74BCAD #74A7BC

triadic

#74BCAD #AD74BC #BCAD74

tetradic

#74BCAD #8974BC #BC7483 #A7BC74

square

#74BCAD #8974BC #BC7483 #A7BC74

split-complementary

#74BCAD #BC74A7 #BC8974

monochromatic

#3B7B6D #4FA492 #74BCAD #9DD0C5 #C7E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#74BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCAD

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCAD	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.076 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0c5',
    500: '#74bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcad;
$custom-light: #9fd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74341,
    "c": 0.07598,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCAD

secondary

#D4B8BE

accent

#5D74CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCAD

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

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