What color is #679B6A?

#679B6A is a grayish green known as Leafy. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Leafy?

The RGB value is 103, 155, 106: 103 red, 155 green and 106 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Leafy?

The complementary color is #9B6798, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #679B6A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.47:1 and white text 3.24:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Leafy color: hex code #679B6A

#679B6A rgb(103, 155, 106)

Shades of green

Leafy has the hex code #679B6A. It is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 40.4% red, 60.8% green and 41.6% blue (103, 155, 106).

Its hue angle is 123°, with 21% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 34% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 39% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.47:1).

Leafy (#679B6A) color codes

HEX	`#679B6A`
RGB	`rgb(103, 155, 106)`
RGB percent	`rgb(40.4%, 60.8%, 41.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(123, 21%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(123, 34%, 61%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(34%, 0%, 32%, 39%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(59.31, -27.64, 20.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(59.31, 34.33, 143.63)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.915, 27.366, 17.866)`
Decimal	`6789994`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Leafy, 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 #679B6A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.47:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.24:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#679B6A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.24:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.47:1	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 #679B6A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #679b6a; }
.text { color: #679b6a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #679b6a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(103 155 106 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #679b6a, #679b84); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Shamrock Green.

See #679B6A on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #679B6A?: #679B6A is a grayish green known as Leafy. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Leafy?: The RGB value is 103, 155, 106: 103 red, 155 green and 106 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Leafy?: The complementary color is #9B6798, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #679B6A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.47:1 and white text 3.24:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.