#74DBEF#74DBEF

#74DBEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.100 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74DBEF
RGB	rgb(116, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -24.66, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 31.13, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0848 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.1 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1079, 60.6038, 90.8071)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74DBEF #EF8874

analogous

#74EFC6 #74DBEF #749EEF

triadic

#74DBEF #EF74DB #DBEF74

tetradic

#74DBEF #C674EF #EF8874 #9EEF74

square

#74DBEF #C674EF #EF8874 #9EEF74

split-complementary

#74DBEF #EF749E #EFC674

monochromatic

#18B3D1 #3DCDE9 #74DBEF #ABE9F5 #E2F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#74DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#74DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74DBEF

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74DBEF	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AE4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.100 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e6f4',
    500: '#74dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74dbef;
$custom-light: #a4e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.756,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83667,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74DBEF

secondary

#C8553F

accent

#2C0ADC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #74DBEF

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

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