#74CBDB#74CBDB

#74CBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.087 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CBDB
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -22.04, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 27.30, 216.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0747 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.087 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3397, 51.5360, 74.7731)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CBDB #DB8474

analogous

#74DBB7 #74CBDB #7497DB

triadic

#74CBDB #DB74CB #CBDB74

tetradic

#74CBDB #B774DB #DB8474 #97DB74

square

#74CBDB #B774DB #DB8474 #97DB74

split-complementary

#74CBDB #DB7497 #DBB774

monochromatic

#2C95A9 #43B9CE #74CBDB #A5DDE8 #D5EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#74CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#74CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CBDB

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CBDB	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DD2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.087 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dbe6',
    500: '#74cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cbdb;
$custom-light: #a2dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79322,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CBDB

secondary

#AC5748

accent

#391FC6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CBDB

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

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