#74D8EA#74D8EA

#74D8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.097 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74D8EA
RGB	rgb(116, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -24.52, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 30.34, 216.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0834 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.097 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6038, 58.7612, 86.7121)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74D8EA #EA8674

analogous

#74EAC1 #74D8EA #749DEA

triadic

#74D8EA #EA74D8 #D8EA74

tetradic

#74D8EA #C174EA #EA8674 #9DEA74

square

#74D8EA #C174EA #EA8674 #9DEA74

split-complementary

#74D8EA #EA749D #EAC174

monochromatic

#1EACC6 #3FC9E2 #74D8EA #A9E7F2 #DEF6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#74D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#74D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74D8EA

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74D8EA	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.097 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4f0',
    500: '#74d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74d8ea;
$custom-light: #a4e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82809,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74D8EA

secondary

#C25440

accent

#2E10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74D8EA

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

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