#74BDAB#74BDAB

#74BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.078 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDAB
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(165, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -27.00, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 27.07, 175.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0781 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.078 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7480, 43.0463, 45.1033)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDAB #BD7486

analogous

#74BD86 #74BDAB #74ABBD

triadic

#74BDAB #AB74BD #BDAB74

tetradic

#74BDAB #8674BD #BD7486 #ABBD74

square

#74BDAB #8674BD #BD7486 #ABBD74

split-complementary

#74BDAB #BD74AB #BD8674

monochromatic

#3B7C6C #4EA590 #74BDAB #9DD1C4 #C7E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#74BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#74BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDAB

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDAB	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.078 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1c4',
    500: '#74bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdab;
$custom-light: #9fd1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.205,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.07822,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDAB

secondary

#D5B8BF

accent

#5C78CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDAB

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

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