#74CDCE#74CDCE

#74CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.086 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDCE
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -26.41, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 27.85, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0822 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.086 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1700, 51.8287, 66.2677)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDCE #CE7574

analogous

#74CEA2 #74CDCE #74A0CE

triadic

#74CDCE #CE74CD #CDCE74

tetradic

#74CDCE #A274CE #CE7574 #A0CE74

square

#74CDCE #A274CE #CE7574 #A0CE74

split-complementary

#74CDCE #CE74A0 #CEA274

monochromatic

#349394 #47BDBE #74CDCE #A1DDDE #CEEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#74CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#74CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDCE

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDCE	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.086 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dcdc',
    500: '#74cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cdce;
$custom-light: #a2dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79332,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDCE

secondary

#9A4D4D

accent

#2C2ABB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDCE

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

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