What color is #5A7E79?

#5A7E79 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Stream Burble. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #5A7E79?

The RGB value is 90, 126, 121: 90 red, 126 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #5A7E79?

The complementary color is #7E5A5F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5A7E79?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.7:1 and white text 4.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#5A7E79 color

#5A7E79 rgb(90, 126, 121)

Shades of teal

The hex color #5A7E79 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 35.3% red, 49.4% green and 47.5% blue (90, 126, 121).

Its hue angle is 172°, with 17% saturation and 42% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Stream Burble (#5E7E7D), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.7:1).

#5A7E79 color codes

HEX	`#5A7E79`
RGB	`rgb(90, 126, 121)`
RGB percent	`rgb(35.3%, 49.4%, 47.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(172, 17%, 42%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(172, 29%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(29%, 0%, 4%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.07, -13.81, -1.38)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.07, 13.88, 185.69)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.127, 18.475, 20.854)`
Decimal	`5930617`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #5A7E79, 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 #5A7E79	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.7:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.47:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5A7E79 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.47:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.7:1	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 #5A7E79 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5a7e79; }
.text { color: #5a7e79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a7e79; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(90 126 121 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5a7e79, #5a717e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #5A7E79?: #5A7E79 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Stream Burble. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #5A7E79?: The RGB value is 90, 126, 121: 90 red, 126 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #5A7E79?: The complementary color is #7E5A5F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5A7E79?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.7:1 and white text 4.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.