#74C8BD#74C8BD

#74C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.084 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8BD
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(172, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -28.15, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 28.26, 185.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0835 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.084 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0385, 48.6929, 55.5812)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8BD #C8747F

analogous

#74C893 #74C8BD #74A9C8

triadic

#74C8BD #BD74C8 #C8BD74

tetradic

#74C8BD #9374C8 #C8747F #A9C874

square

#74C8BD #9374C8 #C8747F #A9C874

split-complementary

#74C8BD #C874A9 #C89374

monochromatic

#378B80 #48B7A8 #74C8BD #A0D9D2 #CCEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#74C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#74C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8BD

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8BD	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.084 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d9d0',
    500: '#74c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8bd;
$custom-light: #a0d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.143,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77631,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8BD

secondary

#DBBCC0

accent

#2F41B6

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8BD

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

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