Name from the community color list.
Toad (#748D70) is a muted, medium green. In RGB it is made of 45% red, 55% green and 44% blue (R 116, G 141, B 112). The green channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 112°, 11% saturation and 50% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.239, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 45% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a cool color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.
#748D70 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #748D70 | |
| RGB | rgb(116, 141, 112) | |
| HSL | hsl(112, 11%, 50%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(112, 21%, 55%) | |
| HWB | hwb(112 44% 45%) | |
| CMYK | cmyk(18%, 0%, 21%, 45%) | |
| OKLCH | oklch(61.55% 0.0516 141.23) | |
| OKLab | oklab(61.55% -0.0402 0.0323) | |
| CIELAB | lab(56.05% -13.65 12.46) | |
| CIELCH | lch(56.05% 18.48 137.61) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.4742 0.55 0.449) | |
| XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.1965 0.2393 0.1891) | |
| Decimal | 7638384 |
CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.2393. Nearest web-safe color: #669966.
See what #748D70 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.
Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.
| Where | Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| CSS variable | --toad: #748D70; | |
| Sass variable | $toad: #748D70; | |
| Tailwind CSS v4 | @theme { --color-toad: #748D70; } | |
| Tailwind CSS v3 config | colors: { 'toad': '#748D70' } | |
| SwiftUI | Color(red: 0.455, green: 0.553, blue: 0.439) | |
| UIKit | UIColor(red: 0.455, green: 0.553, blue: 0.439, alpha: 1) | |
| Android XML | <color name="toad">#FF748D70</color> | |
| Flutter and Jetpack Compose | Color(0xFF748D70) |
Black text works best on #748D70 (5.79:1, AA). Here is how #748D70 does as a text color:
Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.
#748D70 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.
With deuteranopia and tritanopia, #748D70 and #89708D look much alike. Don't use these colors alone to tell things apart, for example in a chart. Add labels, patterns or a difference in lightness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.
The toad on this site is #748D70, a muted gray green. This code comes from an open list of color names gathered online. No older source for it is given.
Wikipedia's alphabetical list of colors has a toad too, but it is #8B7D6B, a grayish brown. That is the same code as bisque4, a darker form of bisque in the X11 color names. It does not match the green toad here.
For greens near this one, see camouflage green and laurel green.
A sample app screen with #748D70 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.
Light theme
Dark theme
Buttons and bars use #748D70 as it is. On the light theme, #748D70 is too hard to read as text (3.63:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #657D61 there (4.51:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.
These schemes turn the hue of #748D70 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.
Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.
Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.
A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.
Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.
Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.
One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.
Four CSS gradients made from #748D70. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.
From a pale tint to the full color.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #E2E7E1, #748D70);
The color fading into a dark shade.
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #748D70, #1B231A);
Its two neighbors on the color wheel.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #838D70, #748D70, #708D7B);
A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #748D70, #72817F, #70748D);
Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.
Toad sits at step 500. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.
The nearest match to #748D70 in three color systems that designers and builders use.
ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.
The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of green or search the color library.
