What color is #6B7C5A?

#6B7C5A 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 #6B7C5A?

The RGB value is 107, 124, 90: 107 red, 124 green and 90 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6B7C5A?

The complementary color is #6B5A7C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6B7C5A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 and white text 4.51:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6B7C5A color

#6B7C5A rgb(107, 124, 90)

Shades of green

The hex color #6B7C5A is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42% red, 48.6% green and 35.3% blue (107, 124, 90).

Its hue angle is 90°, with 16% saturation and 42% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Emerald City (#6A7E5F), a difference of 1.6 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.66:1).

#6B7C5A color codes

HEX	`#6B7C5A`
RGB	`rgb(107, 124, 90)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42%, 48.6%, 35.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(90, 16%, 42%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(90, 27%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(14%, 0%, 27%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(49.83, -12.87, 16.55)`
CIE LCH	`lch(49.83, 20.97, 127.85)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.116, 18.279, 12.403)`
Decimal	`7044186`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6B7C5A, 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 #6B7C5A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.66:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.51:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

#6B7C5A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.51:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.66:1	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 #6B7C5A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6b7c5a; }
.text { color: #6b7c5a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b7c5a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(107 124 90 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6b7c5a, #5a7c5a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Fern Green.

Questions

What color is #6B7C5A?: #6B7C5A 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 #6B7C5A?: The RGB value is 107, 124, 90: 107 red, 124 green and 90 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6B7C5A?: The complementary color is #6B5A7C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6B7C5A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 and white text 4.51:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.