#74C8D8#74C8D8

#74C8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.085 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C8D8
RGB	rgb(116, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -21.32, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 26.61, 216.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0724 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.085 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2467, 49.9762, 72.4779)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C8D8 #D88474

analogous

#74D8B6 #74C8D8 #7496D8

triadic

#74C8D8 #D874C8 #C8D874

tetradic

#74C8D8 #B674D8 #D88474 #96D874

square

#74C8D8 #B674D8 #D88474 #96D874

split-complementary

#74C8D8 #D87496 #D8B674

monochromatic

#2E91A4 #44B5CB #74C8D8 #A4DBE5 #D4EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#74C8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#74C8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C8D8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C8D8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.085 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d9e4',
    500: '#74c8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c8d8;
$custom-light: #a2d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78532,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C8D8

secondary

#E5C8C3

accent

#3C22C4

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C8D8

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

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