#74BDAC#74BDAC

#74BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.078 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDAC
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -26.77, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 26.81, 176.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0776 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.078 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8436, 43.0846, 45.6072)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDAC #BD7485

analogous

#74BD87 #74BDAC #74AABD

triadic

#74BDAC #AC74BD #BDAC74

tetradic

#74BDAC #8774BD #BD7485 #AABD74

square

#74BDAC #8774BD #BD7485 #AABD74

split-complementary

#74BDAC #BD74AA #BD8774

monochromatic

#3B7C6D #4EA591 #74BDAC #9DD1C5 #C7E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#74BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#74BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDAC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDAC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.078 177.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.027,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.07771,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDAC

secondary

#D5B8BF

accent

#5C76CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDAC

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

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