#74CDC4#74CDC4

#74CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.087 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDC4
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(174, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -28.89, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 29.14, 187.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0864 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.087 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9937, 51.3581, 60.0722)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDC4 #CD747D

analogous

#74CD98 #74CDC4 #74A9CD

triadic

#74CDC4 #C474CD #CDC474

tetradic

#74CDC4 #9874CD #CD747D #A9CD74

square

#74CDC4 #9874CD #CD747D #A9CD74

split-complementary

#74CDC4 #CD74A9 #CD9874

monochromatic

#359289 #47BDB1 #74CDC4 #A1DDD7 #CEEDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#74CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#74CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDC4

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDC4	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.087 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dcd5',
    500: '#74cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdc4;
$custom-light: #a1dcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.933,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79011,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDC4

secondary

#984D54

accent

#2B3ABA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDC4

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

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