What color is #74A393?

#74A393 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Emerald Oasis. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #74A393?

The RGB value is 116, 163, 147: 116 red, 163 green and 147 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #74A393?

The complementary color is #A37484, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #74A393?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.4:1 and white text 2.84:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#74A393 color

#74A393 rgb(116, 163, 147)

Shades of green

The hex color #74A393 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.5% red, 63.9% green and 57.6% blue (116, 163, 147).

Its hue angle is 160°, with 20% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Emerald Oasis (#67A195), a difference of 2.8 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.4:1).

#74A393 color codes

HEX	`#74A393`
RGB	`rgb(116, 163, 147)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.5%, 63.9%, 57.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(160, 20%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(160, 29%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(29%, 0%, 10%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.35, -19.29, 3.25)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.35, 19.56, 170.43)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.564, 32.013, 32.43)`
Decimal	`7644051`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #74A393, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #74A393	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.4:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.84:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#74A393 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.84:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.4:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #74A393 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #74a393; }
.text { color: #74a393; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74a393; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(116 163 147 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #74a393, #749ba3); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #74A393?: #74A393 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Emerald Oasis. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #74A393?: The RGB value is 116, 163, 147: 116 red, 163 green and 147 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #74A393?: The complementary color is #A37484, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #74A393?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.4:1 and white text 2.84:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.