#74BCBC#74BCBC

#74BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.072 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCBC
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -22.45, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 23.55, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0696 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.072 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2594, 43.3079, 54.1212)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCBC #BC7474

analogous

#74BC98 #74BCBC #7498BC

triadic

#74BCBC #BC74BC #BCBC74

tetradic

#74BCBC #9874BC #BC7474 #98BC74

square

#74BCBC #9874BC #BC7474 #98BC74

split-complementary

#74BCBC #BC7498 #BC9874

monochromatic

#3B7B7B #4FA4A4 #74BCBC #9DD0D0 #C7E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#74BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#74BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCBC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCBC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.072 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0d0',
    500: '#74bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcbc;
$custom-light: #a0d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.07227,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCBC

secondary

#D4B8B8

accent

#5D5DCB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCBC

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

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