What color is #6E9F83?

#6E9F83 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Vineyard. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #6E9F83?

The RGB value is 110, 159, 131: 110 red, 159 green and 131 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6E9F83?

The complementary color is #9F6E8A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6E9F83?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.95:1 and white text 3.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6E9F83 color

#6E9F83 rgb(110, 159, 131)

Shades of green

The hex color #6E9F83 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 43.1% red, 62.4% green and 51.4% blue (110, 159, 131).

Its hue angle is 146°, with 20% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Vineyard (#819E84), a difference of 4.7 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.95:1).

#6E9F83 color codes

HEX	`#6E9F83`
RGB	`rgb(110, 159, 131)`
RGB percent	`rgb(43.1%, 62.4%, 51.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(146, 20%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(146, 31%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(31%, 0%, 18%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.44, -22.55, 9.43)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.44, 24.44, 157.31)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.924, 29.749, 26.003)`
Decimal	`7249795`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6E9F83, 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 #6E9F83	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.95:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6E9F83 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.95:1	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 #6E9F83 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6e9f83; }
.text { color: #6e9f83; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6e9f83; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(110 159 131 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6e9f83, #6e9f9b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mint.

Questions

What color is #6E9F83?: #6E9F83 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Vineyard. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #6E9F83?: The RGB value is 110, 159, 131: 110 red, 159 green and 131 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6E9F83?: The complementary color is #9F6E8A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6E9F83?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.95:1 and white text 3.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.