#74CBCE

Closest named color: Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC). oklch(78.9% 0.084 198.5), rgb(116, 203, 206).

Black text reads best on this color (11.17:1).

About this color

#74CBCE is a light, moderately saturated teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.084 and its hue 198°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC), ΔE 0.034 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.17:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	light (79%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.084)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC)
Black text	11.17:1
White text	1.87:1

Values

HEX	#74CBCE
RGB	rgb(116, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 63%)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.084 198.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #74CBCE	1.87:1	Fails	Lc -39.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #74CBCE	11.17:1	AAA	Lc 68.4	Content text, not long reading
#74CBCE text on white	1.87:1	Fails	Lc 35.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#74CBCE text on black	11.17:1	AAA	Lc -67.1	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#EDF8F8

oklch(97.1% 0.012 197)
Step 100
100

#D8EFF0

oklch(93.6% 0.024 199.9)
Step 200
200

#B6E3E4

oklch(88.5% 0.047 198)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#74CBCE

oklch(78.9% 0.084 198.5)
Step 400
400

#00B7BC

oklch(70.8% 0.12 198.3)
Step 500
500

#009DA1

oklch(63.2% 0.107 198)
Step 600
600

#008488

oklch(55.7% 0.095 198.5)
Step 700
700

#006F72

oklch(49.2% 0.084 198.1)
Step 800
800

#005B5E

oklch(42.8% 0.073 198.7)
Step 900
900

#004C4E

oklch(37.8% 0.064 197.8)
Step 950
950

#002D2F

oklch(27% 0.046 199.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#74CBCE with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C0C4CE	0.086
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B1B8CF	0.082
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#47D0CC	0.034
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BDBDBD	0.085