What color is #70A186?

#70A186 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #70A186?

The RGB value is 112, 161, 134: 112 red, 161 green and 134 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #70A186?

The complementary color is #A1708B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #70A186?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.13:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#70A186 color

#70A186 rgb(112, 161, 134)

Shades of green

The hex color #70A186 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 43.9% red, 63.1% green and 52.5% blue (112, 161, 134).

Its hue angle is 147°, with 21% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 4.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.13:1).

#70A186 color codes

HEX	`#70A186`
RGB	`rgb(112, 161, 134)`
RGB percent	`rgb(43.9%, 63.1%, 52.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(147, 21%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(147, 30%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 0%, 17%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.21, -22.3, 8.87)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.21, 24, 158.31)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.729, 30.655, 27.216)`
Decimal	`7381382`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #70A186, 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 #70A186	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.13:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#70A186 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.13:1	Pass	Pass	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 #70A186 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #70a186; }
.text { color: #70a186; }
.border { border: 2px solid #70a186; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(112 161 134 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #70a186, #70a19f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mint.

Questions

What color is #70A186?: #70A186 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #70A186?: The RGB value is 112, 161, 134: 112 red, 161 green and 134 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #70A186?: The complementary color is #A1708B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #70A186?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.13:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.