What color is #6A7E5F?

#6A7E5F is a grayish green known as Emerald City. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Emerald City?

The RGB value is 106, 126, 95: 106 red, 126 green and 95 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Emerald City?

The complementary color is #735F7E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6A7E5F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.76:1 and white text 4.41:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Emerald City color: hex code #6A7E5F

#6A7E5F rgb(106, 126, 95)

Shades of green

Emerald City has the hex code #6A7E5F. It is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 41.6% red, 49.4% green and 37.3% blue (106, 126, 95).

Its hue angle is 99°, with 14% saturation and 43% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 51% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.76:1).

Emerald City (#6A7E5F) color codes

HEX	`#6A7E5F`
RGB	`rgb(106, 126, 95)`
RGB percent	`rgb(41.6%, 49.4%, 37.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(99, 14%, 43%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(99, 25%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(16%, 0%, 25%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.47, -13.5, 14.52)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.47, 19.83, 132.91)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.47, 18.812, 13.64)`
Decimal	`6979167`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Emerald City, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #6A7E5F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.76:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.41:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6A7E5F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.41:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.76:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #6A7E5F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6a7e5f; }
.text { color: #6a7e5f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a7e5f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(106 126 95 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6a7e5f, #5f7e64); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

See #6A7E5F on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #6A7E5F?: #6A7E5F is a grayish green known as Emerald City. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Emerald City?: The RGB value is 106, 126, 95: 106 red, 126 green and 95 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Emerald City?: The complementary color is #735F7E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6A7E5F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.76:1 and white text 4.41:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.