What color is #607D80?

#607D80 is a grayish cyan, closest to the named color North Atlantic. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #607D80?

The RGB value is 96, 125, 128: 96 red, 125 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #607D80?

The complementary color is #806360, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #607D80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 and white text 4.43:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#607D80 color

#607D80 rgb(96, 125, 128)

Shades of gray

The hex color #607D80 is a grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 37.6% red, 49% green and 50.2% blue (96, 125, 128).

Its hue angle is 186°, with 14% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 25% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 50% black.

The closest named color is North Atlantic (#5E7B7F), a difference of 0.9 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.74:1).

#607D80 color codes

HEX	`#607D80`
RGB	`rgb(96, 125, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(37.6%, 49%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(186, 14%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(186, 25%, 50%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(25%, 2%, 0%, 50%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.35, -9.61, -5.03)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.35, 10.84, 207.66)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.053, 18.712, 23.184)`
Decimal	`6323584`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #607D80, 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 #607D80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.74:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.43:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#607D80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.43:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.74:1	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 #607D80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #607d80; }
.text { color: #607d80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #607d80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(96 125 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #607d80, #606d80); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #607D80?: #607D80 is a grayish cyan, closest to the named color North Atlantic. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #607D80?: The RGB value is 96, 125, 128: 96 red, 125 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #607D80?: The complementary color is #806360, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #607D80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 and white text 4.43:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.