What color is #6A8559?

#6A8559 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Kale. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6A8559?

The RGB value is 106, 133, 89: 106 red, 133 green and 89 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6A8559?

The complementary color is #745985, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6A8559?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.11:1 and white text 4.11:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6A8559 color

#6A8559 rgb(106, 133, 89)

Shades of green

The hex color #6A8559 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 41.6% red, 52.2% green and 34.9% blue (106, 133, 89).

Its hue angle is 97°, with 20% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 48% black.

The closest named color is Kale (#648251), a difference of 2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.11:1).

#6A8559 color codes

HEX	`#6A8559`
RGB	`rgb(106, 133, 89)`
RGB percent	`rgb(41.6%, 52.2%, 34.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(97, 20%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(97, 33%, 52%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(20%, 0%, 33%, 48%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.46, -18.26, 20.66)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.46, 27.58, 131.47)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.134, 20.56, 12.568)`
Decimal	`6980953`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6A8559, 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 #6A8559	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.11:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.11:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6A8559 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.11:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.11:1	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 #6A8559 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6a8559; }
.text { color: #6a8559; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a8559; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(106 133 89 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6a8559, #59855e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Fern Green.

Questions

What color is #6A8559?: #6A8559 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Kale. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6A8559?: The RGB value is 106, 133, 89: 106 red, 133 green and 89 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6A8559?: The complementary color is #745985, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6A8559?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.11:1 and white text 4.11:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.