What color is #728B78?

#728B78 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Thyme and Place. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #728B78?

The RGB value is 114, 139, 120: 114 red, 139 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #728B78?

The complementary color is #8B7285, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #728B78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 and white text 3.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#728B78 color

#728B78 rgb(114, 139, 120)

Shades of green

The hex color #728B78 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 44.7% red, 54.5% green and 47.1% blue (114, 139, 120).

Its hue angle is 134°, with 10% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Thyme and Place (#6F8770), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.68:1).

#728B78 color codes

HEX	`#728B78`
RGB	`rgb(114, 139, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(44.7%, 54.5%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(134, 10%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(134, 18%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(18%, 0%, 14%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(55.48, -12.9, 7.23)`
CIE LCH	`lch(55.48, 14.79, 150.73)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.561, 23.398, 21.251)`
Decimal	`7506808`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #728B78, 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 #728B78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.68:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.7:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#728B78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.7:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.68:1	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 #728B78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #728b78; }
.text { color: #728b78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #728b78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(114 139 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #728b78, #728b85); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #728B78?: #728B78 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Thyme and Place. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #728B78?: The RGB value is 114, 139, 120: 114 red, 139 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #728B78?: The complementary color is #8B7285, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #728B78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 and white text 3.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.