#74C0A8#74C0A8

#74C0A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.084 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C0A8
RGB	rgb(116, 192, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 0%, 12.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -29.14, 4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 29.52, 170.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0831 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.084 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1173, 44.2372, 43.8317)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C0A8 #C0748C

analogous

#74C082 #74C0A8 #74B2C0

triadic

#74C0A8 #A874C0 #C0A874

tetradic

#74C0A8 #8274C0 #C0748C #B2C074

square

#74C0A8 #8274C0 #C0748C #B2C074

split-complementary

#74C0A8 #C074B2 #C08274

monochromatic

#3A806A #4DAA8D #74C0A8 #9ED3C2 #C8E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#74C0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#74C0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C0A8

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C0A8	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 192, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.084 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd3c1',
    500: '#74c0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c0a8;
$custom-light: #9fd3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.053,
    "s": 37.624,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.08395,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C0A8

secondary

#D6B9C3

accent

#355CB1

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FAF7

border

#CDD3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C0A8

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

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