#74CED4

Closest named color: Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC). oklch(79.8% 0.087 201.2), rgb(116, 206, 212).

Black text reads best on this color (11.52:1).

About this color

#74CED4 is a light, moderately saturated teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.087 and its hue 201°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC), ΔE 0.036 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.52:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	light (80%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.087)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC)
Black text	11.52:1
White text	1.82:1

Values

HEX	#74CED4
RGB	rgb(116, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 64%)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.087 201.2)

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 #74CED4	1.82:1	Fails	Lc -38.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #74CED4	11.52:1	AAA	Lc 70.0	Content text, not long reading
#74CED4 text on white	1.82:1	Fails	Lc 33.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#74CED4 text on black	11.52:1	AAA	Lc -68.7	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

#EDF8F9

oklch(97.1% 0.012 203.5)
Step 100
100

#D8EFF1

oklch(93.6% 0.024 203.1)
Step 200
200

#B5E3E6

oklch(88.5% 0.048 201.3)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#74CED4

oklch(79.8% 0.087 201.2)
Step 400
400

#00B6BF

oklch(70.6% 0.12 201.1)
Step 500
500

#009CA4

oklch(63% 0.107 201.2)
Step 600
600

#00838A

oklch(55.5% 0.094 201.4)
Step 700
700

#006E74

oklch(49% 0.083 201.4)
Step 800
800

#005A5F

oklch(42.5% 0.072 201.4)
Step 900
900

#004B50

oklch(37.6% 0.064 202.5)
Step 950
950

#002D30

oklch(27% 0.046 201.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#74CED4 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)	#C2C7D5	0.088
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B2BBD5	0.082
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#42D4D0	0.037
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.087