What color is #657B78?

#657B78 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Underwater World. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #657B78?

The RGB value is 101, 123, 120: 101 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #657B78?

The complementary color is #7B6568, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #657B78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 and white text 4.51:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#657B78 color

#657B78 rgb(101, 123, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #657B78 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 39.6% red, 48.2% green and 47.1% blue (101, 123, 120).

Its hue angle is 172°, with 10% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 52% black.

The closest named color is Underwater World (#657F7A), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.66:1).

#657B78 color codes

HEX	`#657B78`
RGB	`rgb(101, 123, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(39.6%, 48.2%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(172, 10%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(172, 18%, 48%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(18%, 0%, 2%, 52%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(49.84, -8.66, -1.03)`
CIE LCH	`lch(49.84, 8.72, 186.8)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.839, 18.288, 20.461)`
Decimal	`6650744`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #657B78, 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 #657B78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.66:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.51:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

#657B78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.51:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.66:1	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 #657B78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #657b78; }
.text { color: #657b78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #657b78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(101 123 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #657b78, #65737b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #657B78?: #657B78 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Underwater World. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #657B78?: The RGB value is 101, 123, 120: 101 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #657B78?: The complementary color is #7B6568, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #657B78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 and white text 4.51:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.