#74BDCA#74BDCA

#74BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.075 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDCA
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -19.40, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 23.75, 215.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0651 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.075 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0568, 44.3698, 62.5299)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDCA #CA8174

analogous

#74CAAC #74BDCA #7492CA

triadic

#74BDCA #CA74BD #BDCA74

tetradic

#74BDCA #AC74CA #CA8174 #92CA74

square

#74BDCA #AC74CA #CA8174 #92CA74

split-complementary

#74BDCA #CA7492 #CAAC74

monochromatic

#36808E #48A8B9 #74BDCA #A0D2DB #CDE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#74BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDCA

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDCA	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.075 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1da',
    500: '#74bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bdca;
$custom-light: #a0d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.07,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75524,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDCA

secondary

#DDC2BD

accent

#422EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDCA

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

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