#75C8AB

Closest named color: Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA). oklch(77.2% 0.092 169.4), rgb(117, 200, 171).

Black text reads best on this color (10.60:1).

About this color

#75C8AB is a medium-light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 77%, its chroma 0.092 and its hue 169°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), ΔE 0.018 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.60:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	medium-light (77%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.092)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA)
Black text	10.60:1
White text	1.97:1

Values

HEX	#75C8AB
RGB	rgb(117, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 62%)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.092 169.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #75C8AB	1.97:1	Fails	Lc -42.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #75C8AB	10.60:1	AAA	Lc 65.8	Content text, not long reading
#75C8AB text on white	1.97:1	Fails	Lc 38.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#75C8AB text on black	10.60:1	AAA	Lc -64.3	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#EEF8F4

oklch(97.1% 0.012 170.3)
Step 100
100

#D9F0E7

oklch(93.6% 0.027 170.3)
Step 200
200

#B9E5D3

oklch(88.6% 0.052 168.3)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#75C8AB

oklch(77.2% 0.092 169.4)
Step 400
400

#00BC92

oklch(70.7% 0.141 169.4)
Step 500
500

#00A17D

oklch(63% 0.125 169.6)
Step 600
600

#008868

oklch(55.7% 0.112 168.9)
Step 700
700

#007257

oklch(49.1% 0.098 169.1)
Step 800
800

#005E47

oklch(42.8% 0.086 168.9)
Step 900
900

#004E3B

oklch(37.7% 0.075 169.6)
Step 950
950

#002F22

oklch(27.1% 0.054 168.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#75C8AB with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C4BEAA	0.094
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B6B4AD	0.090
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#5CC9BF	0.031
Achromatopsia (no color)	#B8B8B8	0.093