#74BCAE#74BCAE

#74BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.076 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCAE
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -25.82, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 25.82, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0755 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.076 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8228, 42.7332, 46.5550)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCAE #BC7482

analogous

#74BC8A #74BCAE #74A6BC

triadic

#74BCAE #AE74BC #BCAE74

tetradic

#74BCAE #8A74BC #BC7482 #A6BC74

square

#74BCAE #8A74BC #BC7482 #A6BC74

split-complementary

#74BCAE #BC74A6 #BC8A74

monochromatic

#3B7B6E #4FA493 #74BCAE #9DD0C6 #C7E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#74BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCAE

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCAE	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BBEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.076 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0c6',
    500: '#74bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcae;
$custom-light: #9fd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCAE

secondary

#D4B8BD

accent

#5D72CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCAE

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

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