#74BDCB#74BDCB

#74BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.076 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BDCB
RGB	rgb(116, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -19.14, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 23.83, 216.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0647 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.076 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1756, 44.4173, 63.1555)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BDCB #CB8274

analogous

#74CBAD #74BDCB #7492CB

triadic

#74BDCB #CB74BD #BDCB74

tetradic

#74BDCB #AD74CB #CB8274 #92CB74

square

#74BDCB #AD74CB #CB8274 #92CB74

split-complementary

#74BDCB #CB7492 #CBAD74

monochromatic

#36818F #47A8BA #74BDCB #A1D2DC #CDE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#74BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#74BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BDCB

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BDCB	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.076 211.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.655,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BDCB

secondary

#DDC3BE

accent

#432DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BDCB

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

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