#74BCBD#74BCBD

#74BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.072 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCBD
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -22.21, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 23.48, 198.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0691 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.072 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3676, 43.3512, 54.6909)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCBD #BD7574

analogous

#74BD9A #74BCBD #7498BD

triadic

#74BCBD #BD74BC #BCBD74

tetradic

#74BCBD #9A74BD #BD7574 #98BD74

square

#74BCBD #9A74BD #BD7574 #98BD74

split-complementary

#74BCBD #BD7498 #BD9A74

monochromatic

#3B7B7C #4EA4A5 #74BCBD #9DD0D1 #C7E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#74BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#74BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCBD

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCBD	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.072 196.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCBD

secondary

#D5B9B8

accent

#5E5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCBD

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

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