What color is #74A490?

#74A490 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #74A490?

The RGB value is 116, 164, 144: 116 red, 164 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #74A490?

The complementary color is #A47488, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #74A490?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.46:1 and white text 2.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#74A490 color

#74A490 rgb(116, 164, 144)

Shades of green

The hex color #74A490 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.5% red, 64.3% green and 56.5% blue (116, 164, 144).

Its hue angle is 155°, with 21% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.46:1).

#74A490 color codes

HEX	`#74A490`
RGB	`rgb(116, 164, 144)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.5%, 64.3%, 56.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(155, 21%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(155, 29%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(29%, 0%, 12%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.57, -20.45, 5.24)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.57, 21.11, 165.62)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.51, 32.276, 31.266)`
Decimal	`7644304`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #74A490, 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 #74A490	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.46:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.82:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#74A490 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.82:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.46:1	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 #74A490 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #74a490; }
.text { color: #74a490; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74a490; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(116 164 144 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #74a490, #74a0a4); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #74A490?: #74A490 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #74A490?: The RGB value is 116, 164, 144: 116 red, 164 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #74A490?: The complementary color is #A47488, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #74A490?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.46:1 and white text 2.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.