What color is #5A9577?

#5A9577 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Natural Orchestra. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #5A9577?

The RGB value is 90, 149, 119: 90 red, 149 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #5A9577?

The complementary color is #955A78, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5A9577?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#5A9577 color

#5A9577 rgb(90, 149, 119)

Shades of green

The hex color #5A9577 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 35.3% red, 58.4% green and 46.7% blue (90, 149, 119).

Its hue angle is 149°, with 25% saturation and 47% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 40% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 42% black.

The closest named color is Natural Orchestra (#4C9C77), a difference of 3.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6:1).

#5A9577 color codes

HEX	`#5A9577`
RGB	`rgb(90, 149, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(35.3%, 58.4%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(149, 25%, 47%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(149, 40%, 58%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(40%, 0%, 20%, 42%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(57.07, -26.3, 9.87)`
CIE LCH	`lch(57.07, 28.09, 159.43)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.292, 24.999, 21.311)`
Decimal	`5936503`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #5A9577, 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 #5A9577	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5A9577 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6:1	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 #5A9577 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5a9577; }
.text { color: #5a9577; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a9577; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(90 149 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5a9577, #5a9595); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #5A9577?: #5A9577 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Natural Orchestra. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #5A9577?: The RGB value is 90, 149, 119: 90 red, 149 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #5A9577?: The complementary color is #955A78, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5A9577?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.