#74C5CE#74C5CE

#74C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.080 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C5CE
RGB	rgb(116, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -22.43, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 25.56, 208.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0729 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.08 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3051, 48.0988, 65.6460)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C5CE #CE7D74

analogous

#74CEAA #74C5CE #7498CE

triadic

#74C5CE #CE74C5 #C5CE74

tetradic

#74C5CE #AA74CE #CE7D74 #98CE74

square

#74C5CE #AA74CE #CE7D74 #98CE74

split-complementary

#74C5CE #CE7498 #CEAA74

monochromatic

#348A94 #47B2BE #74C5CE #A1D8DE #CEEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#74C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#74C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C5CE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C5CE	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.080 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6dd',
    500: '#74c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c5ce;
$custom-light: #a1d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77494,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C5CE

secondary

#DFC2BF

accent

#392ABB

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C5CE

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

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