#74BDBB#74BDBB

#74BDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.073 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDBB
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -23.20, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 24.01, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0712 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.073 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3664, 43.6937, 53.6269)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDBB #BD7476

analogous

#74BD96 #74BDBB #749BBD

triadic

#74BDBB #BB74BD #BDBB74

tetradic

#74BDBB #9674BD #BD7476 #9BBD74

square

#74BDBB #9674BD #BD7476 #9BBD74

split-complementary

#74BDBB #BD749B #BD9674

monochromatic

#3B7C7A #4EA5A3 #74BDBB #9DD1CF #C7E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#74BDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#74BDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDBB

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDBB	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.073 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1cf',
    500: '#74bdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdbb;
$custom-light: #a0d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.356,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75012,
    "c": 0.07321,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDBB

secondary

#D5B8B9

accent

#5C5FCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDBB

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

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