#74BDAF#74BDAF

#74BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.076 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDAF
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -26.08, -0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 26.08, 180.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0763 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.076 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1350, 43.2011, 47.1418)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDAF #BD7482

analogous

#74BD8A #74BDAF #74A7BD

triadic

#74BDAF #AF74BD #BDAF74

tetradic

#74BDAF #8A74BD #BD7482 #A7BD74

square

#74BDAF #8A74BD #BD7482 #A7BD74

split-complementary

#74BDAF #BD74A7 #BD8A74

monochromatic

#3B7C6F #4EA595 #74BDAF #9DD1C7 #C7E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#74BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#74BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDAF

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDAF	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BBFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.076 180.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.493,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.07634,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDAF

secondary

#D5B8BE

accent

#5C72CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDAF

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

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