#74BCBF#74BCBF

#74BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.072 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCBF
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -21.71, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 23.36, 201.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0683 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.072 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5862, 43.4386, 55.8421)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCBF #BF7774

analogous

#74BF9C #74BCBF #7496BF

triadic

#74BCBF #BF74BC #BCBF74

tetradic

#74BCBF #9C74BF #BF7774 #96BF74

square

#74BCBF #9C74BF #BF7774 #96BF74

split-complementary

#74BCBF #BF7496 #BF9C74

monochromatic

#3A7C7E #4DA5A8 #74BCBF #9ED0D2 #C8E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#74BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#74BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCBF

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCBF	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.072 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0d2',
    500: '#74bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcbf;
$custom-light: #a0d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74913,
    "c": 0.07231,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCBF

secondary

#D6BAB9

accent

#3B36B0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCBF

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