#74D8CD#74D8CD

#74D8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.096 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D8CD
RGB	rgb(116, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -31.96, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 32.17, 186.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0952 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.096 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7733, 57.2290, 66.5380)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D8CD #D8747F

analogous

#74D89B #74D8CD #74B1D8

triadic

#74D8CD #CD74D8 #D8CD74

tetradic

#74D8CD #9B74D8 #D8747F #B1D874

square

#74D8CD #9B74D8 #D8747F #B1D874

split-complementary

#74D8CD #D874B1 #D89B74

monochromatic

#2EA497 #44CBBC #74D8CD #A4E5DE #D4F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#74D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#74D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D8CD

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D8CD	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.096 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2e4dc',
    500: '#74d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d8cd;
$custom-light: #a2e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81842,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D8CD

secondary

#A74953

accent

#2234C4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D8CD

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

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