What color is #6B9E81?

#6B9E81 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Yoda. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6B9E81?

The RGB value is 107, 158, 129: 107 red, 158 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6B9E81?

The complementary color is #9E6B88, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6B9E81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.83:1 and white text 3.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6B9E81 color

#6B9E81 rgb(107, 158, 129)

Shades of green

The hex color #6B9E81 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42% red, 62% green and 50.6% blue (107, 158, 129).

Its hue angle is 146°, with 21% saturation and 52% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 32% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Yoda (#53A079), a difference of 4.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.83:1).

#6B9E81 color codes

HEX	`#6B9E81`
RGB	`rgb(107, 158, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42%, 62%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(146, 21%, 52%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(146, 32%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(32%, 0%, 18%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(60.93, -23.42, 9.8)`
CIE LCH	`lch(60.93, 25.38, 157.29)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.251, 29.163, 25.221)`
Decimal	`7052929`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6B9E81, 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 #6B9E81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.83:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6B9E81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.83:1	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 #6B9E81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6b9e81; }
.text { color: #6b9e81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b9e81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(107 158 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6b9e81, #6b9e9b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mint.

Questions

What color is #6B9E81?: #6B9E81 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Yoda. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6B9E81?: The RGB value is 107, 158, 129: 107 red, 158 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6B9E81?: The complementary color is #9E6B88, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6B9E81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.83:1 and white text 3.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.