#74BFAE#74BFAE

#74BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.079 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFAE
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -27.29, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 27.32, 177.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0792 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.079 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4703, 44.0283, 46.7708)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFAE #BF7485

analogous

#74BF88 #74BFAE #74AABF

triadic

#74BFAE #AE74BF #BFAE74

tetradic

#74BFAE #8874BF #BF7485 #AABF74

square

#74BFAE #8874BF #BF7485 #AABF74

split-complementary

#74BFAE #BF74AA #BF8874

monochromatic

#3A7E6F #4DA894 #74BFAE #9ED2C6 #C8E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#74BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#74BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFAE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFAE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.079 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd2c6',
    500: '#74bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfae;
$custom-light: #9fd2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.4,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75074,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFAE

secondary

#D6B9C0

accent

#3651B0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F8

border

#CDD2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFAE

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

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