What color is #6D8065?

#6D8065 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 #6D8065?

The RGB value is 109, 128, 101: 109 red, 128 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6D8065?

The complementary color is #786580, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6D8065?

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.

#6D8065 color

#6D8065 rgb(109, 128, 101)

Shades of green

The hex color #6D8065 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42.7% red, 50.2% green and 39.6% blue (109, 128, 101).

Its hue angle is 102°, with 12% saturation and 45% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 50% black.

The closest named color is Emerald City (#6A7E5F), a difference of 1.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

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

#6D8065 color codes

HEX	`#6D8065`
RGB	`rgb(109, 128, 101)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42.7%, 50.2%, 39.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(102, 12%, 45%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(102, 21%, 50%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(15%, 0%, 21%, 50%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.42, -12.37, 12.4)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.42, 17.51, 134.92)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.374, 19.629, 15.235)`
Decimal	`7176293`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6D8065, 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 #6D8065	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.93:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.26:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6D8065 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 #6D8065 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6d8065; }
.text { color: #6d8065; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d8065; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(109 128 101 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6d8065, #65806a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #6D8065?: #6D8065 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 #6D8065?: The RGB value is 109, 128, 101: 109 red, 128 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6D8065?: The complementary color is #786580, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6D8065?: 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.