What color is #6E8F78?

#6E8F78 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6E8F78?

The RGB value is 110, 143, 120: 110 red, 143 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6E8F78?

The complementary color is #8F6E85, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6E8F78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.86:1 and white text 3.58:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6E8F78 color

#6E8F78 rgb(110, 143, 120)

Shades of green

The hex color #6E8F78 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 43.1% red, 56.1% green and 47.1% blue (110, 143, 120).

Its hue angle is 138°, with 13% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 44% black.

The closest named color is Toad (#748D70), a difference of 3.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.86:1).

#6E8F78 color codes

HEX	`#6E8F78`
RGB	`rgb(110, 143, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(43.1%, 56.1%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(138, 13%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(138, 23%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(23%, 0%, 16%, 44%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.4, -16.47, 8.51)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.4, 18.53, 152.69)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.642, 24.315, 21.424)`
Decimal	`7245688`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6E8F78, 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 #6E8F78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.86:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.58:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6E8F78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.58:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.86:1	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 #6E8F78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6e8f78; }
.text { color: #6e8f78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6e8f78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(110 143 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6e8f78, #6e8f88); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #6E8F78?: #6E8F78 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6E8F78?: The RGB value is 110, 143, 120: 110 red, 143 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6E8F78?: The complementary color is #8F6E85, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6E8F78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.86:1 and white text 3.58:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.