What color is #668E80?

#668E80 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Aloe Vera. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #668E80?

The RGB value is 102, 142, 128: 102 red, 142 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #668E80?

The complementary color is #8E6674, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #668E80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.75:1 and white text 3.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#668E80 color

#668E80 rgb(102, 142, 128)

Shades of green

The hex color #668E80 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 40% red, 55.7% green and 50.2% blue (102, 142, 128).

Its hue angle is 159°, with 16% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 44% black.

The closest named color is Aloe Vera (#678779), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.75:1).

#668E80 color codes

HEX	`#668E80`
RGB	`rgb(102, 142, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(40%, 55.7%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(159, 16%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(159, 28%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(28%, 0%, 10%, 44%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(55.81, -16.95, 3.02)`
CIE LCH	`lch(55.81, 17.22, 169.91)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.048, 23.728, 23.994)`
Decimal	`6721152`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #668E80, 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 #668E80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.75:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.65:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#668E80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.65:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.75:1	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 #668E80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #668e80; }
.text { color: #668e80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #668e80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(102 142 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #668e80, #66888e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #668E80?: #668E80 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Aloe Vera. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #668E80?: The RGB value is 102, 142, 128: 102 red, 142 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #668E80?: The complementary color is #8E6674, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #668E80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.75:1 and white text 3.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.