#074E42#074E42

#074E42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.068 H 177.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#074E42
RGB	rgb(7, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(170, 84%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(170, 91%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(91%, 0%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, -23.61, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 23.65, 176.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% -0.0674 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.068 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7949, 5.8868, 6.0895)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#074E42 #4E0713

analogous

#074E1F #074E42 #07374E

triadic

#074E42 #42074E #4E4207

tetradic

#074E42 #1F074E #4E0713 #374E07

square

#074E42 #1F074E #4E0713 #374E07

split-complementary

#074E42 #4E0737 #4E1F07

monochromatic

#031C18 #031C18 #074E42 #0C8672 #11BEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#074E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#074E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #074E42

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##074E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##074E42	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #074e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(7, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.068 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#578076',
    500: '#074e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #074e42;
$custom-light: #578076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#074e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 7,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.859,
    "s": 83.529,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38053,
    "c": 0.06751,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#074E42

secondary

#8C2536

accent

#2E50FA

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #074E42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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