#74CDDD#74CDDD

#74CDDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.088 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CDDD
RGB	rgb(116, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -22.52, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 27.75, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0762 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.088 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0799, 52.5927, 76.3265)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CDDD #DD8474

analogous

#74DDB8 #74CDDD #7498DD

triadic

#74CDDD #DD74CD #CDDD74

tetradic

#74CDDD #B874DD #DD8474 #98DD74

square

#74CDDD #B874DD #DD8474 #98DD74

split-complementary

#74CDDD #DD7498 #DDB874

monochromatic

#2A99AC #43BBD1 #74CDDD #A5DFE9 #D6F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74CDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#74CDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CDDD

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CDDD	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74cddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.088 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dce7',
    500: '#74cddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74cddd;
$custom-light: #a2dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74cddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79848,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CDDD

secondary

#AF5647

accent

#371DC8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CDDD

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

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