#74BCBA#74BCBA

#74BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.072 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCBA
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -22.95, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 23.75, 194.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0704 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.072 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0453, 43.2223, 52.9936)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCBA #BC7476

analogous

#74BC96 #74BCBA #749ABC

triadic

#74BCBA #BA74BC #BCBA74

tetradic

#74BCBA #9674BC #BC7476 #9ABC74

square

#74BCBA #9674BC #BC7476 #9ABC74

split-complementary

#74BCBA #BC749A #BC9674

monochromatic

#3B7B79 #4FA4A1 #74BCBA #9DD0CE #C7E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#74BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#74BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCBA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCBA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.072 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0ce',
    500: '#74bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcba;
$custom-light: #a0d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74748,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCBA

secondary

#D4B8B9

accent

#5D60CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCBA

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

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