#74BDA5#74BDA5

#74BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.082 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDA5
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(160, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(160, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -28.35, 4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 28.79, 170.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0807 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.082 171)
XYZ	xyz(32.1890, 42.8227, 42.1595)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDA5 #BD748C

analogous

#74BD81 #74BDA5 #74B1BD

triadic

#74BDA5 #A574BD #BDA574

tetradic

#74BDA5 #8174BD #BD748C #B1BD74

square

#74BDA5 #8174BD #BD748C #B1BD74

split-complementary

#74BDA5 #BD74B1 #BD8174

monochromatic

#3B7C66 #4EA589 #74BDA5 #9DD1C0 #C7E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#74BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDA5

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDA5	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.082 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1bf',
    500: '#74bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bda5;
$custom-light: #9fd1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.274,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74344,
    "c": 0.08173,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.42825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDA5

secondary

#D5B8C2

accent

#5C81CC

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F9F7

border

#CDD2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDA5

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

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