#74BCAF#74BCAF

#74BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.075 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCAF
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -25.59, -0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 25.59, 181.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0751 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.075 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9206, 42.7724, 47.0703)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCAF #BC7481

analogous

#74BC8B #74BCAF #74A5BC

triadic

#74BCAF #AF74BC #BCAF74

tetradic

#74BCAF #8B74BC #BC7481 #A5BC74

square

#74BCAF #8B74BC #BC7481 #A5BC74

split-complementary

#74BCAF #BC74A5 #BC8B74

monochromatic

#3B7B6F #4FA495 #74BCAF #9DD0C7 #C7E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#74BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCAF

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCAF	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BBEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.075 181.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74401,
    "c": 0.07513,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCAF

secondary

#D4B8BD

accent

#5D71CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCAF

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

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