What color is #6B8D72?

#6B8D72 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6B8D72?

The RGB value is 107, 141, 114: 107 red, 141 green and 114 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6B8D72?

The complementary color is #8D6B86, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6B8D72?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 and white text 3.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6B8D72 color

#6B8D72 rgb(107, 141, 114)

Shades of green

The hex color #6B8D72 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42% red, 55.3% green and 44.7% blue (107, 141, 114).

Its hue angle is 132°, with 14% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Toad (#748D70), a difference of 2.7 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.68:1).

#6B8D72 color codes

HEX	`#6B8D72`
RGB	`rgb(107, 141, 114)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42%, 55.3%, 44.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(132, 14%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(132, 24%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(24%, 0%, 19%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(55.47, -17.65, 10.59)`
CIE LCH	`lch(55.47, 20.58, 149.04)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.625, 23.39, 19.45)`
Decimal	`7048562`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6B8D72, 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 #6B8D72	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.68:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.7:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6B8D72 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.7:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.68:1	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 #6B8D72 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6b8d72; }
.text { color: #6b8d72; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b8d72; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(107 141 114 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6b8d72, #6b8d83); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #6B8D72?: #6B8D72 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6B8D72?: The RGB value is 107, 141, 114: 107 red, 141 green and 114 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6B8D72?: The complementary color is #8D6B86, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6B8D72?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 and white text 3.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.