What color is #6B8160?

#6B8160 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 #6B8160?

The RGB value is 107, 129, 96: 107 red, 129 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6B8160?

The complementary color is #766081, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6B8160?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.93:1 and white text 4.26:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6B8160 color

#6B8160 rgb(107, 129, 96)

Shades of green

The hex color #6B8160 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42% red, 50.6% green and 37.6% blue (107, 129, 96).

Its hue angle is 100°, with 15% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Emerald City (#6A7E5F), a difference of 1.3 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.93:1).

#6B8160 color codes

HEX	`#6B8160`
RGB	`rgb(107, 129, 96)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42%, 50.6%, 37.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(100, 15%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(100, 26%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 26%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.46, -14.57, 15.33)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.46, 21.15, 133.54)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.025, 19.671, 14.017)`
Decimal	`7045472`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6B8160, 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 #6B8160	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.93:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.26:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6B8160 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.26:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.93:1	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 #6B8160 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6b8160; }
.text { color: #6b8160; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b8160; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(107 129 96 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6b8160, #608166); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #6B8160?: #6B8160 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 #6B8160?: The RGB value is 107, 129, 96: 107 red, 129 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6B8160?: The complementary color is #766081, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6B8160?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.93:1 and white text 4.26:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.