What color is #5B7E72?

#5B7E72 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ecological. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #5B7E72?

The RGB value is 91, 126, 114: 91 red, 126 green and 114 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #5B7E72?

The complementary color is #7E5B67, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5B7E72?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.67:1 and white text 4.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#5B7E72 color

#5B7E72 rgb(91, 126, 114)

Shades of green

The hex color #5B7E72 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 35.7% red, 49.4% green and 44.7% blue (91, 126, 114).

Its hue angle is 159°, with 16% saturation and 43% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Ecological (#677F70), a difference of 3.6 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.67:1).

#5B7E72 color codes

HEX	`#5B7E72`
RGB	`rgb(91, 126, 114)`
RGB percent	`rgb(35.7%, 49.4%, 44.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(159, 16%, 43%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(159, 28%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(28%, 0%, 10%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(49.93, -15.12, 2.54)`
CIE LCH	`lch(49.93, 15.33, 170.45)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(14.812, 18.36, 18.68)`
Decimal	`5996146`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #5B7E72, 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 #5B7E72	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.67:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5B7E72 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.67:1	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 #5B7E72 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5b7e72; }
.text { color: #5b7e72; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5b7e72; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(91 126 114 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5b7e72, #5b797e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #5B7E72?: #5B7E72 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ecological. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #5B7E72?: The RGB value is 91, 126, 114: 91 red, 126 green and 114 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #5B7E72?: The complementary color is #7E5B67, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5B7E72?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.67:1 and white text 4.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.