What color is #6F7B64?

#6F7B64 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 #6F7B64?

The RGB value is 111, 123, 100: 111 red, 123 green and 100 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #6F7B64?

The complementary color is #70647B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6F7B64?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.69:1 and white text 4.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#6F7B64 color

#6F7B64 rgb(111, 123, 100)

Shades of green

The hex color #6F7B64 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 43.5% red, 48.2% green and 39.2% blue (111, 123, 100).

Its hue angle is 91°, with 10% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 52% black.

The closest named color is Emerald City (#6A7E5F), a difference of 3.8 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.69:1).

#6F7B64 color codes

HEX	`#6F7B64`
RGB	`rgb(111, 123, 100)`
RGB percent	`rgb(43.5%, 48.2%, 39.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(91, 10%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(91, 19%, 48%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(10%, 0%, 19%, 52%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.06, -9, 11.11)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.06, 14.3, 129.02)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.938, 18.465, 14.779)`
Decimal	`7306084`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #6F7B64, 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 #6F7B64	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.69:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.47:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6F7B64 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.47:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.69:1	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 #6F7B64 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6f7b64; }
.text { color: #6f7b64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6f7b64; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(111 123 100 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6f7b64, #647b65); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #6F7B64?: #6F7B64 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 #6F7B64?: The RGB value is 111, 123, 100: 111 red, 123 green and 100 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #6F7B64?: The complementary color is #70647B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6F7B64?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.69:1 and white text 4.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.