What color is #95B388?

#95B388 is a grayish green known as Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Foliage?

The RGB value is 149, 179, 136: 149 red, 179 green and 136 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Foliage?

The complementary color is #A688B3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #95B388?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.08:1 and white text 2.31:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Foliage color: hex code #95B388

#95B388 rgb(149, 179, 136)

Shades of green

Foliage has the hex code #95B388. It is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58.4% red, 70.2% green and 53.3% blue (149, 179, 136).

Its hue angle is 102°, with 22% saturation and 62% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 30% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.08:1).

Foliage (#95B388) color codes

HEX	`#95B388`
RGB	`rgb(149, 179, 136)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58.4%, 70.2%, 53.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(102, 22%, 62%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(102, 24%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 24%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.76, -18.38, 18.66)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.76, 26.19, 134.56)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.958, 40.407, 29.351)`
Decimal	`9810824`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Foliage, 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 #95B388	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.08:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.31:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#95B388 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.31:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.08:1	Pass	Pass	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 #95B388 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #95b388; }
.text { color: #95b388; }
.border { border: 2px solid #95b388; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(149 179 136 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #95b388, #88b391); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #95B388 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #95B388?: #95B388 is a grayish green known as Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Foliage?: The RGB value is 149, 179, 136: 149 red, 179 green and 136 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Foliage?: The complementary color is #A688B3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #95B388?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.08:1 and white text 2.31:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.