#74C5BD#74C5BD

#74C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.081 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5BD
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(174, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -26.69, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 26.95, 188.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.08 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.081 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3505, 47.3170, 55.3518)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5BD #C5747C

analogous

#74C595 #74C5BD #74A5C5

triadic

#74C5BD #BD74C5 #C5BD74

tetradic

#74C5BD #9574C5 #C5747C #A5C574

square

#74C5BD #9574C5 #C5747C #A5C574

split-complementary

#74C5BD #C574A5 #C59574

monochromatic

#38867F #4AB2A7 #74C5BD #9FD7D2 #CAE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#74C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#74C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5BD

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5BD	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.081 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d7d0',
    500: '#74c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5bd;
$custom-light: #a0d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.074,
    "s": 41.117,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76933,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5BD

secondary

#DABBBE

accent

#313EB4

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5BD

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

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