What color is #657D66?

#657D66 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 #657D66?

The RGB value is 101, 125, 102: 101 red, 125 green and 102 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #657D66?

The complementary color is #7D657C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #657D66?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 and white text 4.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#657D66 color

#657D66 rgb(101, 125, 102)

Shades of green

The hex color #657D66 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 39.6% red, 49% green and 40% blue (101, 125, 102).

Its hue angle is 123°, with 11% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Emerald City (#6A7E5F), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.68:1).

#657D66 color codes

HEX	`#657D66`
RGB	`rgb(101, 125, 102)`
RGB percent	`rgb(39.6%, 49%, 40%)`
HSL	`hsl(123, 11%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(123, 19%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 18%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(49.97, -13.56, 9.71)`
CIE LCH	`lch(49.97, 16.68, 144.39)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.098, 18.393, 15.323)`
Decimal	`6651238`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #657D66, 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 #657D66	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.68:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#657D66 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.68:1	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 #657D66 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #657d66; }
.text { color: #657d66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #657d66; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(101 125 102 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #657d66, #657d72); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #657D66?: #657D66 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 #657D66?: The RGB value is 101, 125, 102: 101 red, 125 green and 102 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #657D66?: The complementary color is #7D657C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #657D66?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 and white text 4.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.