#74BDB8#74BDB8

#74BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.074 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDB8
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -23.94, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 24.39, 191.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0725 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.074 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0486, 43.5665, 51.9531)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDB8 #BD7479

analogous

#74BD93 #74BDB8 #749EBD

triadic

#74BDB8 #B874BD #BDB874

tetradic

#74BDB8 #9374BD #BD7479 #9EBD74

square

#74BDB8 #9374BD #BD7479 #9EBD74

split-complementary

#74BDB8 #BD749E #BD9374

monochromatic

#3B7C77 #4EA59F #74BDB8 #9DD1CD #C7E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#74BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#74BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDB8

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDB8	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.074 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1cd',
    500: '#74bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdb8;
$custom-light: #a0d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.89,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDB8

secondary

#D5B8BA

accent

#5C64CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDB8

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

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