#74CDC8#74CDC8

#74CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.086 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDC8
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -27.91, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 28.51, 191.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0847 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.086 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4550, 51.5427, 62.5020)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDC8 #CD7479

analogous

#74CD9B #74CDC8 #74A5CD

triadic

#74CDC8 #C874CD #CDC874

tetradic

#74CDC8 #9B74CD #CD7479 #A5CD74

square

#74CDC8 #9B74CD #CD7479 #A5CD74

split-complementary

#74CDC8 #CD74A5 #CD9B74

monochromatic

#35928D #47BDB6 #74CDC8 #A1DDDA #CEEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#74CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#74CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDC8

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDC8	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)

#C4C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.086 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dcd8',
    500: '#74cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdc8;
$custom-light: #a1dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.629,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79137,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDC8

secondary

#984D51

accent

#2B33BA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDC8

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

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