What color is #11BB55?

#11BB55 is a vivid green known as Intoxicate. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Intoxicate?

The RGB value is 17, 187, 85: 17 red, 187 green and 85 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Intoxicate?

The complementary color is #BB1177, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #11BB55?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.26:1 and white text 2.54:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Intoxicate color: hex code #11BB55

#11BB55 rgb(17, 187, 85)

Shades of green

Intoxicate has the hex code #11BB55. It is a vivid green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 6.7% red, 73.3% green and 33.3% blue (17, 187, 85).

Its hue angle is 144°, with 83% saturation and 40% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 91% cyan, 0% magenta, 55% yellow and 27% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.26:1).

Intoxicate (#11BB55) color codes

HEX	`#11BB55`
RGB	`rgb(17, 187, 85)`
RGB percent	`rgb(6.7%, 73.3%, 33.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(144, 83%, 40%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(144, 91%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(91%, 0%, 55%, 27%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.76, -61.12, 40.4)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.76, 73.26, 146.54)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.639, 36.313, 14.567)`
Decimal	`1162069`
Short hex	`#1B5`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Intoxicate, 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 #11BB55	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.26:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.54:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#11BB55 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.54:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.26:1	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 #11BB55 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #11bb55; }
.text { color: #11bb55; }
.border { border: 2px solid #11bb55; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(17 187 85 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #11bb55, #11bbaa); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Emerald Green.

See #11BB55 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #11BB55?: #11BB55 is a vivid green known as Intoxicate. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Intoxicate?: The RGB value is 17, 187, 85: 17 red, 187 green and 85 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Intoxicate?: The complementary color is #BB1177, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #11BB55?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.26:1 and white text 2.54:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.