#74BCBE#74BCBE

#74BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.072 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCBE
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -21.96, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 23.41, 200.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0687 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.072 198)
XYZ	xyz(34.4765, 43.3947, 55.2645)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCBE #BE7674

analogous

#74BE9B #74BCBE #7497BE

triadic

#74BCBE #BE74BC #BCBE74

tetradic

#74BCBE #9B74BE #BE7674 #97BE74

square

#74BCBE #9B74BE #BE7674 #97BE74

split-complementary

#74BCBE #BE7497 #BE9B74

monochromatic

#3A7B7D #4EA4A7 #74BCBE #9ED0D2 #C7E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#74BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#74BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCBE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCBE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.072 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0d1',
    500: '#74bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcbe;
$custom-light: #a0d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7488,
    "c": 0.07227,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.43397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCBE

secondary

#D5B9B9

accent

#5F5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCBE

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

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