#74C5CB#74C5CB

#74C5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.080 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5CB
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -23.20, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 25.58, 204.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0741 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.08 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9441, 47.9544, 63.7450)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5CB #CB7A74

analogous

#74CBA6 #74C5CB #7499CB

triadic

#74C5CB #CB74C5 #C5CB74

tetradic

#74C5CB #A674CB #CB7A74 #99CB74

square

#74C5CB #A674CB #CB7A74 #99CB74

split-complementary

#74C5CB #CB7499 #CBA674

monochromatic

#36898F #47B2BA #74C5CB #A1D8DC #CDEAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#74C5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#74C5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5CB

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5CB	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BCBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.080 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6da',
    500: '#74c5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5cb;
$custom-light: #a1d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77391,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5CB

secondary

#DDC0BE

accent

#362DB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5CB

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

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