What color is #6B7C79?

#6B7C79 is a gray, closest to the named color Blue Blood. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6B7C79?

The RGB value is 107, 124, 121: 107 red, 124 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6B7C79?

The complementary color is #7C6B6E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6B7C79?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 and white text 4.39:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6B7C79 color

#6B7C79 rgb(107, 124, 121)

Shades of gray

The hex color #6B7C79 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42% red, 48.6% green and 47.5% blue (107, 124, 121).

Its hue angle is 169°, with 7% saturation and 45% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Blue Blood (#6B7F81), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.78:1).

#6B7C79 color codes

HEX	`#6B7C79`
RGB	`rgb(107, 124, 121)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42%, 48.6%, 47.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(169, 7%, 45%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(169, 14%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(14%, 0%, 2%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.59, -6.88, -0.47)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.59, 6.9, 183.92)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.721, 18.921, 20.857)`
Decimal	`7044217`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6B7C79, 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 #6B7C79	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.78:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.39:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6B7C79 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.39:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.78:1	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 #6B7C79 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6b7c79; }
.text { color: #6b7c79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b7c79; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(107 124 121 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6b7c79, #6b777c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #6B7C79?: #6B7C79 is a gray, closest to the named color Blue Blood. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6B7C79?: The RGB value is 107, 124, 121: 107 red, 124 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6B7C79?: The complementary color is #7C6B6E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6B7C79?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 and white text 4.39:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.