What color is #74E3C8?

#74E3C8 is a light, moderate spring green, closest to the named color Sea Foam. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #74E3C8?

The RGB value is 116, 227, 200: 116 red, 227 green and 200 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #74E3C8?

The complementary color is #E3748F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #74E3C8?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 and white text 1.55:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#74E3C8 color

#74E3C8 rgb(116, 227, 200)

Shades of teal

The hex color #74E3C8 is a light, moderate spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.5% red, 89% green and 78.4% blue (116, 227, 200).

Its hue angle is 165°, with 66% saturation and 67% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 49% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black.

The closest named color is Sea Foam (#87E0CF), a difference of 3.7 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 13.56:1).

#74E3C8 color codes

HEX	`#74E3C8`
RGB	`rgb(116, 227, 200)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.5%, 89%, 78.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(165, 66%, 67%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(165, 49%, 89%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(49%, 0%, 12%, 11%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(83.35, -38.25, 3.42)`
CIE LCH	`lch(83.35, 38.4, 174.89)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(45.092, 62.817, 64.381)`
Decimal	`7660488`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #74E3C8, 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 #74E3C8	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	13.56:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.55:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#74E3C8 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.55:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	13.56:1	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 #74E3C8 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #74e3c8; }
.text { color: #74e3c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74e3c8; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(116 227 200 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #74e3c8, #74c6e3); }

Background

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Questions

What color is #74E3C8?: #74E3C8 is a light, moderate spring green, closest to the named color Sea Foam. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #74E3C8?: The RGB value is 116, 227, 200: 116 red, 227 green and 200 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #74E3C8?: The complementary color is #E3748F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #74E3C8?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 and white text 1.55:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.