What color is #66A180?

#66A180 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Yoda. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #66A180?

The RGB value is 102, 161, 128: 102 red, 161 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #66A180?

The complementary color is #A16687, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #66A180?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 and white text 3.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#66A180 color

#66A180 rgb(102, 161, 128)

Shades of green

The hex color #66A180 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 40% red, 63.1% green and 50.2% blue (102, 161, 128).

Its hue angle is 146°, with 24% saturation and 52% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 37% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Yoda (#53A079), a difference of 3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.97:1).

#66A180 color codes

HEX	`#66A180`
RGB	`rgb(102, 161, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(40%, 63.1%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(146, 24%, 52%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(146, 37%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(37%, 0%, 20%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.54, -26.69, 11.2)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.54, 28.94, 157.24)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.119, 29.872, 25.018)`
Decimal	`6726016`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #66A180, 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 #66A180	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.97:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#66A180 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.97:1	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 #66A180 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #66a180; }
.text { color: #66a180; }
.border { border: 2px solid #66a180; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(102 161 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #66a180, #66a19e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mint.

Questions

What color is #66A180?: #66A180 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Yoda. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #66A180?: The RGB value is 102, 161, 128: 102 red, 161 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #66A180?: The complementary color is #A16687, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #66A180?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 and white text 3.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.