#74CED8#74CED8

#74CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.087 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74CED8
RGB	rgb(116, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -24.33, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 27.75, 208.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0793 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.087 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6637, 52.8101, 72.9503)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74CED8 #D87E74

analogous

#74D8B0 #74CED8 #749CD8

triadic

#74CED8 #D874CE #CED874

tetradic

#74CED8 #B074D8 #D87E74 #9CD874

square

#74CED8 #B074D8 #D87E74 #9CD874

split-complementary

#74CED8 #D8749C #D8B074

monochromatic

#2E98A4 #44BDCB #74CED8 #A4DFE5 #D4F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#74CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#74CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74CED8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74CED8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FD5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.087 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dde4',
    500: '#74ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74ced8;
$custom-light: #a2dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.799,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74CED8

secondary

#A75249

accent

#3222C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74CED8

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

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