#74CBDA#74CBDA

#74CBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.087 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBDA
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -22.31, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 27.23, 214.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0751 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.087 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2085, 51.4835, 74.0818)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBDA #DA8374

analogous

#74DAB6 #74CBDA #7498DA

triadic

#74CBDA #DA74CB #CBDA74

tetradic

#74CBDA #B674DA #DA8374 #98DA74

square

#74CBDA #B674DA #DA8374 #98DA74

split-complementary

#74CBDA #DA7498 #DAB674

monochromatic

#2C95A7 #44B9CD #74CBDA #A4DDE7 #D5EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#74CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#74CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBDA

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBDA	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.087 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbe5',
    500: '#74cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbda;
$custom-light: #a2dbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79286,
    "c": 0.08653,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBDA

secondary

#AA5648

accent

#3820C6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBDA

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

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