#74BDBD#74BDBD

#74BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.073 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDBD
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -22.71, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 23.82, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0704 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.073 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5820, 43.7799, 54.7623)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDBD #BD7474

analogous

#74BD99 #74BDBD #7499BD

triadic

#74BDBD #BD74BD #BDBD74

tetradic

#74BDBD #9974BD #BD7474 #99BD74

square

#74BDBD #9974BD #BD7474 #99BD74

split-complementary

#74BDBD #BD7499 #BD9974

monochromatic

#3B7C7C #4EA5A5 #74BDBD #9DD1D1 #C7E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#74BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#74BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDBD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDBD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.073 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1d0',
    500: '#74bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdbd;
$custom-light: #a0d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75078,
    "c": 0.0731,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDBD

secondary

#D5B8B8

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDBD

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