#74CDCD#74CDCD

#74CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.086 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDCD
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -26.66, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 27.93, 197.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0826 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.086 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0489, 51.7803, 65.6299)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDCD #CD7474

analogous

#74CDA0 #74CDCD #74A0CD

triadic

#74CDCD #CD74CD #CDCD74

tetradic

#74CDCD #A074CD #CD7474 #A0CD74

square

#74CDCD #A074CD #CD7474 #A0CD74

split-complementary

#74CDCD #CD74A0 #CDA074

monochromatic

#359292 #47BDBD #74CDCD #A1DDDD #CEEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#74CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDCD

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDCD	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.086 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dcdc',
    500: '#74cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdcd;
$custom-light: #a1dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79299,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDCD

secondary

#984D4D

accent

#2B2BBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDCD

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

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