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#337074

a dark, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Teal

Token name suggestion: Dusk Lagoon

RGB
51, 112, 116
HSL
184°, 39%, 33%
CMYK
56, 3, 0, 55
Luminance
0.1355

#337074 is a dark soft cyan, 184° on the wheel and 89/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.66:1). As text it scores 5.66:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Teal, nearest Tailwind family is slate.

hsl(184 39% 33%)rgb(51 112 116)Base step 800AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #337074 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#337074
Hue
184°
cyan
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
33%
dark
Brightness
45%
HSV value
Perceived
39%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1355
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
89/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.66:1
Closest name
Teal
ΔE2000 7.2
Chroma
20.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.507
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
slate
500 · ΔE 17.2
Web-safe
#336666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue184° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness33%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #337074.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool89% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red5%
Green86%
Blue9%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#337074
HEX (8-digit)#337074ff
RGBrgb(51, 112, 116)
RGBArgba(51, 112, 116, 1)
HSLhsl(184, 39%, 33%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 56%, 45%)
HWBhwb(184 20% 55%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 3%, 0%, 55%)
LABlab(43.6 -18.4 -8.2)
LCHlch(43.6 20.1 204.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.507 0.063 201.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(10.31, 13.55, 18.59)
Decimal3371124
Display P3color(display-p3 0.200 0.439 0.455)
Web-safe#336666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #337074;
background-color: #337074;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #337074;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#337074] bg-[#337074]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #337074;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.200, green: 0.439, blue: 0.455)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.200, green: 0.439, blue: 0.455, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#337074</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF337074)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF337074)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(116, 112, 51)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(51, 112, 116)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(51, 112, 116)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 51, 112, 116)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2000f, 0.4392f, 0.4549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{51,112,116}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #337074 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #337074 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#275559, #D4EBEC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #337074 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F9FA;
  --brand-100: #EBF4F4;
  --brand-200: #D3E8E9;
  --brand-300: #B1DADD;
  --brand-400: #8AC8CC;
  --brand-500: #63B5BA;
  --brand-600: #4BA4AA;
  --brand-700: #3E898E;
  --brand-800: #337074;
  --brand-900: #275053;
  --brand-950: #193234;
  --brand: #337074;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C6E4E6;
  --brand-hover: #28585B;
  --brand-pressed: #1D4042;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142324;
    --brand-ink: #D4EBEC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9FA',
        100: '#EBF4F4',
        200: '#D3E8E9',
        300: '#B1DADD',
        400: '#8AC8CC',
        500: '#63B5BA',
        600: '#4BA4AA',
        700: '#3E898E',
        800: '#337074',
        900: '#275053',
        950: '#193234',
        DEFAULT: '#337074',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9FA,
  '100': #EBF4F4,
  '200': #D3E8E9,
  '300': #B1DADD,
  '400': #8AC8CC,
  '500': #63B5BA,
  '600': #4BA4AA,
  '700': #3E898E,
  '800': #337074,
  '900': #275053,
  '950': #193234,
);
$brand-base: #337074;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E8E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B1DADD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8AC8CC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#63B5BA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4BA4AA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3E898E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#337074", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#275053", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#193234", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #337074 · 5.66:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.66:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.71:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #337074 as text scores 5.66:1 on white and 3.71:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EDF7F7 at 5.19:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#337074 · 5.66:1
AA on whitealready passes
#337074
The quick fox
#2B5F62 · 7.20:1
AAA on white−5% L
#2B5F62
The quick fox
#3B8186 · 4.67:1
AA on black+5% L
#3B8186
The quick fox
#4AA3A9 · 7.10:1
AAA on black+15% L
#4AA3A9

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #337074 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#337074 on white: 5.66:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#337074 on black: 3.71:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #337074 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #337074.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.66:1AaAa
Slate 505.41:1AaAa
Slate 1005.17:1AaAa
Slate 2004.59:1AaAa
Slate 3003.81:1AaAa
Slate 4002.21:1AaAa
Slate 5001.19:1AaAa
Slate 6001.34:1AaAa
Slate 7001.83:1AaAa
Slate 8002.58:1AaAa
Slate 9003.15:1AaAa
Black3.71:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #686C74
deuteranopia · #5E6474
tritanopia · #007471

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #337074 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F9FA
#EBF4F4
#D3E8E9
#B1DADD
#8AC8CC
#63B5BA
#4BA4AA
#3E898E
#337074
#275053
#193234
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F5F9FADarkest = 950 · #193234Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.016 201.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 201.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.038 201.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.049 201.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.058 201.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.063 201.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.063 201.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.059 201.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.053 201.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.044 201.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.035 201.1);
}

Colors that work with #337074

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C6E4E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B969B
Captions on the surface
Accent#77303D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#275559
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF7F7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142324
Dark-mode background
Hover#28585B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1D4042
Two steps down
Disabled#72A2A5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#30868B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #337074

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight67/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#743733
Analogous left#337457
Analogous right#334F74
Split-complement 1#74334F
Split-complement 2#745733
Triadic 1#743370
Triadic 2#707433
Tetradic#573374
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°184°

#337074 sits at 184°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red20.0%
Green43.9%
Blue45.5%
R · 0–255
51
0x33
G · 0–255
112
0x70
B · 0–255
116
0x74

CMYK percentages

Cyan56.0%
Magenta3.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)54.5%

Total ink coverage is 114%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#337074 text on a black background

contrast 3.71:1

Card sample

#337074 text on a white background

contrast 5.66:1

Card sample

#337074 on grey

5.17:1

#337074 on its own surface

5.36:1

#337074 on its dark surface

2.86:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #337074;
Background color
Panel with #337074 background
background-color: #337074;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #337074;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(51, 112, 116, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(51, 112, 116, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #337074;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #337074, #334574);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #337074, #333474);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #337074;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #337074;
caret-color: #337074;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #337074;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF7F7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #337074;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#337074 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #337074 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(51, 112, 116, 0.5)
rgb(51 112 116 / 50%)
#33707480
hsl(184 39% 33% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #337074 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3370741a#EBF1F1
20%#33707433#D6E2E3
40%#33707466#ADC6C7
60%#33707499#85A9AC
80%#337074cc#5C8D90

Gradients from #337074

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46999E, #337074 45%, #275559);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #337074, #2A345F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #337074, #743733);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #50ACB2 0%, #337074 45%, #275559 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAFA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #43976B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3C5889 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #275559 0%, transparent 65%), #337074;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #337074

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#337074 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.71:1 — lift it to #3B8186 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#337074, answered

What color is #337074?

#337074 is a dark soft cyan, closest to Teal (ΔE2000 7.2). It sits at 184° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 33% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #337074?

rgb(51, 112, 116) — 51 red, 112 green and 116 blue out of 255, or 20% / 43.9% / 45.5% by channel.

What is #337074 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(184, 39%, 33%) and hsv(184, 56%, 45%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #337074 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1355 and perceived brightness is 39%, so white text on it reaches 5.66:1.

Should I use black or white text on #337074?

White. It scores 5.66:1 against #337074, versus 3.71:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #337074 accessible on a white background?

#337074 on white scores 5.66:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #337074?

#743733 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #74334F and #745733, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #337074?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C6E4E6 for borders, #4B969B for secondary text, #77303D as an accent and #275559 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #337457 and #334F74 stays calm, while #743733 is the loudest partner.

What is #337074 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(56%, 3%, 0%, 55%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #337074 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 89 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #337460; nudged cooler, #315975.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #337074?

The slate family — its 500 step is #64748b, ΔE2000 17.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #337074 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #337074 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#337074] or text-[#337074], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #337074 with 50% opacity?

rgba(51, 112, 116, 0.5), or #33707480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #99B8BA; over black, #1A383A.

Is #337074 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #336666, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #337074 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #337074?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #46999E, #337074 45%, #275559). For more colour, a short hue run to #2A345F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #337074 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #337074 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.