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#74CBAE

#74cbae ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#74cbae is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 79.61% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.86% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.29% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 160°, with 45.55% saturation and 62.55% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 10.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.2.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4948

Complementary

  1. #74cbae
  2. #cb7491

Split complementary

  1. #74cbae
  2. #cb74bd
  3. #cb8374

Analogous

  1. #74cb83
  2. #74cbae
  3. #74bdcb

Triadic

  1. #74cbae
  2. #ae74cb
  3. #cbae74

Tetradic

  1. #74cbae
  2. #7491cb
  3. #cb7491
  4. #cbae74

Square

  1. #74cbae
  2. #8374cb
  3. #cb7491
  4. #bdcb74

Monochromatic

  1. #2d7960
  2. #42b08c
  3. #74cbae
  4. #ace0ce
  5. #e3f5ef

Shades

#74cbae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #74cbae
  2. #68b79d
  3. #5da28b
  4. #518e7a
  5. #467a68
  6. #3a6657
  7. #2e5146
  8. #233d34
  9. #172923
  10. #0c1411
  11. #000000

Tints

#74cbae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #74cbae
  2. #82d0b6
  3. #90d5be
  4. #9edbc6
  5. #ace0ce
  6. #bae5d7
  7. #c7eadf
  8. #d5efe7
  9. #e3f5ef
  10. #f1faf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#74cbae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #74cbae
  2. #75c4a9
  3. #76bca5
  4. #78b5a0
  5. #79ad9c
  6. #7aa697
  7. #7b9e92
  8. #7c978e
  9. #7e8f89
  10. #7f8885
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3c1b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7c1ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8b6b0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #58ccc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acc5ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1bfaf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #64ccbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-74cbae {
  color: #74cbae;
}
Background
.bg-74cbae {
  background-color: #74cbae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-74cbae {
  border: 2px solid #74cbae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #74cbae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 203 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 46% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-74cbae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74cbae, #74bdcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-74cbae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 203 174 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.20 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.20 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.81 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.69 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.70 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.41 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.69 #8b3451 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#74cbae  rgb(116, 203, 174)  hsl(160, 46%, 63%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cb7491  rgb(203, 116, 145)  hsl(340, 46%, 63%)  Pale Violet Red
#ae74cb  rgb(174, 116, 203)  hsl(280, 46%, 63%)  Floral Lavender
#cbae74  rgb(203, 174, 116)  hsl(40, 46%, 63%)  Ecru