#74BDBA#74BDBA

#74BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.073 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDBA
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -23.45, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 24.13, 193.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0716 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.073 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2597, 43.6510, 53.0650)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDBA #BD7477

analogous

#74BD95 #74BDBA #749CBD

triadic

#74BDBA #BA74BD #BDBA74

tetradic

#74BDBA #9574BD #BD7477 #9CBD74

square

#74BDBA #9574BD #BD7477 #9CBD74

split-complementary

#74BDBA #BD749C #BD9574

monochromatic

#3B7C79 #4EA5A2 #74BDBA #9DD1CF #C7E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#74BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#74BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDBA

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDBA	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.073 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1ce',
    500: '#74bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdba;
$custom-light: #a0d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.534,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7498,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDBA

secondary

#D5B8B9

accent

#5C61CC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDBA

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

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