What color is #6C7F74?

#6C7F74 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6C7F74?

The RGB value is 108, 127, 116: 108 red, 127 green and 116 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6C7F74?

The complementary color is #7F6C77, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6C7F74?

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.

#6C7F74 color

#6C7F74 rgb(108, 127, 116)

Shades of gray

The hex color #6C7F74 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42.4% red, 49.8% green and 45.5% blue (108, 127, 116).

Its hue angle is 145°, with 8% saturation and 46% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 50% black.

The closest named color is Smoke (#738276), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

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

#6C7F74 color codes

HEX	`#6C7F74`
RGB	`rgb(108, 127, 116)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42.4%, 49.8%, 45.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(145, 8%, 46%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(145, 15%, 50%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(15%, 0%, 9%, 50%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.41, -9.27, 3.66)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.41, 9.97, 158.48)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.925, 19.627, 19.416)`
Decimal	`7110516`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6C7F74, 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 #6C7F74	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.93:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.26:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6C7F74 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 #6C7F74 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6c7f74; }
.text { color: #6c7f74; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6c7f74; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(108 127 116 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6c7f74, #6c7f7e); }

Background

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Questions

What color is #6C7F74?: #6C7F74 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6C7F74?: The RGB value is 108, 127, 116: 108 red, 127 green and 116 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6C7F74?: The complementary color is #7F6C77, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6C7F74?: 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.