#74BDAE#74BDAE

#74BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.077 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDAE
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -26.31, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 26.31, 179.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0768 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.077 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0372, 43.1620, 46.6264)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDAE #BD7483

analogous

#74BD89 #74BDAE #74A8BD

triadic

#74BDAE #AE74BD #BDAE74

tetradic

#74BDAE #8974BD #BD7483 #A8BD74

square

#74BDAE #8974BD #BD7483 #A8BD74

split-complementary

#74BDAE #BD74A8 #BD8974

monochromatic

#3B7C6E #4EA593 #74BDAE #9DD1C6 #C7E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#74BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#74BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDAE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDAE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.077 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1c6',
    500: '#74bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdae;
$custom-light: #9fd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.671,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74605,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDAE

secondary

#D5B8BE

accent

#5C73CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDAE

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

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