#74BCBB#74BCBB

#74BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.072 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCBB
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -22.70, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 23.64, 196.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.07 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.072 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1520, 43.2649, 53.5554)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCBB #BC7475

analogous

#74BC97 #74BCBB #7499BC

triadic

#74BCBB #BB74BC #BCBB74

tetradic

#74BCBB #9774BC #BC7475 #99BC74

square

#74BCBB #9774BC #BC7475 #99BC74

split-complementary

#74BCBB #BC7499 #BC9774

monochromatic

#3B7B7A #4FA4A3 #74BCBB #9DD0CF #C7E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#74BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#74BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCBB

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCBB	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)

#B4B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.072 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0cf',
    500: '#74bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcbb;
$custom-light: #a0d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCBB

secondary

#D4B8B8

accent

#5D5ECB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCBB

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

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