What color is #6E9F80?

#6E9F80 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Primavera. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6E9F80?

The RGB value is 110, 159, 128: 110 red, 159 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6E9F80?

The complementary color is #9F6E8D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6E9F80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.93:1 and white text 3.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6E9F80 color

#6E9F80 rgb(110, 159, 128)

Shades of green

The hex color #6E9F80 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 43.1% red, 62.4% green and 50.2% blue (110, 159, 128).

Its hue angle is 142°, with 20% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Primavera (#6FA77A), a difference of 4.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.93:1).

#6E9F80 color codes

HEX	`#6E9F80`
RGB	`rgb(110, 159, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(43.1%, 62.4%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(142, 20%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(142, 31%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(31%, 0%, 19%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.37, -23.16, 11.01)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.37, 25.64, 154.57)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.724, 29.669, 24.947)`
Decimal	`7249792`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6E9F80, 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 #6E9F80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.93:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.03:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6E9F80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.03:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.93:1	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 #6E9F80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6e9f80; }
.text { color: #6e9f80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6e9f80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(110 159 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6e9f80, #6e9f99); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mint.

Questions

What color is #6E9F80?: #6E9F80 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Primavera. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6E9F80?: The RGB value is 110, 159, 128: 110 red, 159 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6E9F80?: The complementary color is #9F6E8D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6E9F80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.93:1 and white text 3.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.