#74C5CC#74C5CC

#74C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.080 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5CC
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -22.94, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 25.56, 206.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0737 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.08 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0637, 48.0022, 64.3746)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5CC #CC7B74

analogous

#74CCA7 #74C5CC #7499CC

triadic

#74C5CC #CC74C5 #C5CC74

tetradic

#74C5CC #A774CC #CC7B74 #99CC74

square

#74C5CC #A774CC #CC7B74 #99CC74

split-complementary

#74C5CC #CC7499 #CCA774

monochromatic

#358991 #47B2BC #74C5CC #A1D8DC #CEEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#74C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#74C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5CC

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5CC	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ACBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.080 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6db',
    500: '#74c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5cc;
$custom-light: #a1d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.773,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77425,
    "c": 0.07997,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5CC

secondary

#DEC1BE

accent

#372CBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5CC

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

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