What color is #657C60?

#657C60 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Emerald City. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #657C60?

The RGB value is 101, 124, 96: 101 red, 124 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #657C60?

The complementary color is #77607C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #657C60?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.61:1 and white text 4.56:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#657C60 color

#657C60 rgb(101, 124, 96)

Shades of green

The hex color #657C60 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 39.6% red, 48.6% green and 37.6% blue (101, 124, 96).

Its hue angle is 109°, with 13% saturation and 43% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Emerald City (#6A7E5F), a difference of 1.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.61:1).

#657C60 color codes

HEX	`#657C60`
RGB	`rgb(101, 124, 96)`
RGB percent	`rgb(39.6%, 48.6%, 37.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(109, 13%, 43%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(109, 23%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 23%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(49.53, -14.15, 12.59)`
CIE LCH	`lch(49.53, 18.94, 138.34)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(14.685, 18.026, 13.77)`
Decimal	`6650976`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #657C60, 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 #657C60	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.61:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.56:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

#657C60 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.56:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.61:1	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 #657C60 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #657c60; }
.text { color: #657c60; }
.border { border: 2px solid #657c60; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(101 124 96 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #657c60, #607c69); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #657C60?: #657C60 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Emerald City. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #657C60?: The RGB value is 101, 124, 96: 101 red, 124 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #657C60?: The complementary color is #77607C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #657C60?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.61:1 and white text 4.56:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.