What color is #5E7E7D?

#5E7E7D is a grayish cyan known as Stream Burble. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Stream Burble?

The RGB value is 94, 126, 125: 94 red, 126 green and 125 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Stream Burble?

The complementary color is #7E5E5F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5E7E7D?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.76:1 and white text 4.42:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Stream Burble color: hex code #5E7E7D

#5E7E7D rgb(94, 126, 125)

Shades of gray

Stream Burble has the hex code #5E7E7D. It is a grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 36.9% red, 49.4% green and 49% blue (94, 126, 125).

Its hue angle is 178°, with 15% saturation and 43% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 51% black.

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

Stream Burble (#5E7E7D) color codes

HEX	`#5E7E7D`
RGB	`rgb(94, 126, 125)`
RGB percent	`rgb(36.9%, 49.4%, 49%)`
HSL	`hsl(178, 15%, 43%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(178, 25%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(25%, 0%, 1%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.43, -11.55, -3.16)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.43, 11.97, 195.33)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.777, 18.781, 22.192)`
Decimal	`6192765`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Stream Burble, 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 #5E7E7D	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.76:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.42:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5E7E7D as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.42:1	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 #5E7E7D looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5e7e7d; }
.text { color: #5e7e7d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e7e7d; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(94 126 125 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5e7e7d, #5e6f7e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

See #5E7E7D on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #5E7E7D?: #5E7E7D is a grayish cyan known as Stream Burble. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Stream Burble?: The RGB value is 94, 126, 125: 94 red, 126 green and 125 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Stream Burble?: The complementary color is #7E5E5F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5E7E7D?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.76:1 and white text 4.42:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.