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Salubrious Twined Verdigris

#74ecbf
Notes

Salubrious Twined Verdigris (#74ECBF) is a true teal with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (158°, 76%, 69%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary magenta. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#74ecbf
RGB
rgb(116, 236, 191)
HSL
hsl(158, 76%, 69%)
HWB
hwb(158 45% 7%)
OKLCH
oklch(86.1% 0.127 166.5)
HSV
hsv(158, 51%, 93%)
LAB
lab(85.74% -44.26 11.58)
LCH
lch(85.74% 45.75 165.34)
CMYK
cmyk(51%, 0%, 19%, 7%)

Etymology

Salubrious
adjective

Latin salūbris, healthful — adjectival suffix -ous. As a color modifier, salubrious implies a clear-and-healthful-and-fresh quality, the crisp color of Alpine-and-Sea-air health-resort and Mediterranean-coast spa-and-thalassotherapy outdoor environment. Sits at the crisp-and-wholesome end of the grid, parallel to healthful and bracing in usage.

Twined
modifier

Old English twīn, double-thread. As a color modifier, twined implies a hand-twisted-and-paired-thread quality, the visual register of hand-twined-rope-and-twine hand-twisted-and-paired-thread rope-and-twine-and-cord hand-twined-and-paired-thread surfaces under hand-twined-and-paired-thread rope-and-twine working light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to twine and coiled in usage.

Verdigris
noun

The basic copper carbonate that forms on weathered copper and bronze — the pigment scraped from oxidized metal and used in Renaissance painting before being supplanted by more stable greens. The color refers to a thick verdigris on aged copper roofing or the Statue of Liberty's surface: a soft, slightly muted blue-green with the powdery finish of mineral oxide. Cooler than patina, warmer than seafoam, with the archaeological weight of a mineral made by time.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#74ecbf
Original
#e7debd
Protanopia
#d5d1c2
Deuteranopia
#46eddf
Tritanopia
#cfcfcf
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.45:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
14.49:1

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