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#74BDAE

#74bdae ≈ Verdigris

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#74bdae is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 74.12% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.62% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.94% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 167.67°, with 35.61% saturation and 59.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Verdigris (#43b3ae), ΔE 6.58.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4316

Complementary

  1. #74bdae
  2. #bd7483

Split complementary

  1. #74bdae
  2. #bd74a7
  3. #bd8974

Analogous

  1. #74bd89
  2. #74bdae
  3. #74a7bd

Triadic

  1. #74bdae
  2. #ae74bd
  3. #bdae74

Tetradic

  1. #74bdae
  2. #7483bd
  3. #bd7483
  4. #bdae74

Square

  1. #74bdae
  2. #8974bd
  3. #bd7483
  4. #a7bd74

Monochromatic

  1. #31675c
  2. #4a9b8a
  3. #74bdae
  4. #a8d6cc
  5. #dceeea

Shades

#74bdae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74bdae
  2. #68aa9d
  3. #5d978b
  4. #51847a
  5. #467168
  6. #3a5f57
  7. #2e4c46
  8. #233934
  9. #172623
  10. #0c1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#74bdae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74bdae
  2. #82c4b6
  3. #90cabe
  4. #9ed1c6
  5. #acd7ce
  6. #baded7
  7. #c7e5df
  8. #d5ebe7
  9. #e3f2ef
  10. #f1f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74bdae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74bdae
  2. #75b7a9
  3. #76b1a5
  4. #78aba0
  5. #79a59c
  6. #7a9f97
  7. #7b9892
  8. #7c928e
  9. #7e8c89
  10. #7f8685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9bb5af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7b5ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abacaf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5bbfb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1b8ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98b3af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #66beb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74bdae {
  color: #74bdae;
}
Background
.bg-74bdae {
  background-color: #74bdae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74bdae {
  border: 2px solid #74bdae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74bdae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 189 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 36% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74bdae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74bdae, #74a7bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74bdae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 189 174 / 0.35);
}

#43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.58 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.34 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.75 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.91 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.04 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.47 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.11 #8b4251 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Verdigris
#74bdae  rgb(116, 189, 174)  hsl(168, 36%, 60%)  Verdigris
#bd7483  rgb(189, 116, 131)  hsl(348, 36%, 60%)  Turkish Rose
#ae74bd  rgb(174, 116, 189)  hsl(288, 36%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bdae74  rgb(189, 174, 116)  hsl(48, 36%, 60%)  Ecru