#74C8CC#74C8CC

#74C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.082 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8CC
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -24.44, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 26.40, 202.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0772 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.082 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7516, 49.3782, 64.6039)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8CC #CC7874

analogous

#74CCA4 #74C8CC #749CCC

triadic

#74C8CC #CC74C8 #C8CC74

tetradic

#74C8CC #A474CC #CC7874 #9CCC74

square

#74C8CC #A474CC #CC7874 #9CCC74

split-complementary

#74C8CC #CC749C #CCA474

monochromatic

#358C91 #47B6BC #74C8CC #A1DADC #CEEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#74C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#74C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8CC

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8CC	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.082 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d9db',
    500: '#74c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8cc;
$custom-light: #a1d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8CC

secondary

#DEBFBE

accent

#322CBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8CC

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

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