What color is #11AA66?

#11AA66 is a dark, vivid spring green known as Secret Garden. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Secret Garden?

The RGB value is 17, 170, 102: 17 red, 170 green and 102 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Secret Garden?

The complementary color is #AA1155, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #11AA66?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 and white text 3.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Secret Garden color: hex code #11AA66

#11AA66 rgb(17, 170, 102)

Shades of green

Secret Garden has the hex code #11AA66. It is a dark, vivid spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 6.7% red, 66.7% green and 40% blue (17, 170, 102).

Its hue angle is 153°, with 82% saturation and 37% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 90% cyan, 0% magenta, 40% yellow and 33% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.97:1).

Secret Garden (#11AA66) color codes

HEX	`#11AA66`
RGB	`rgb(17, 170, 102)`
RGB percent	`rgb(6.7%, 66.7%, 40%)`
HSL	`hsl(153, 82%, 37%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(153, 90%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(90%, 0%, 40%, 33%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.5, -52.34, 25.03)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.5, 58.02, 154.44)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(17.002, 29.826, 17.429)`
Decimal	`1157734`
Short hex	`#1A6`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Secret Garden, 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 #11AA66	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.97:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#11AA66 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.97:1	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 #11AA66 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #11aa66; }
.text { color: #11aa66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #11aa66; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(17 170 102 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #11aa66, #11a1aa); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #11AA66 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #11AA66?: #11AA66 is a dark, vivid spring green known as Secret Garden. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Secret Garden?: The RGB value is 17, 170, 102: 17 red, 170 green and 102 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Secret Garden?: The complementary color is #AA1155, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #11AA66?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 and white text 3.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.