What color is #757E75?

#757E75 is a gray, closest to the named color Camo Clay. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #757E75?

The RGB value is 117, 126, 117: 117 red, 126 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #757E75?

The complementary color is #7E757E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #757E75?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5:1 and white text 4.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#757E75 color

#757E75 rgb(117, 126, 117)

Shades of gray

The hex color #757E75 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.9% red, 49.4% green and 45.9% blue (117, 126, 117).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 4% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Camo Clay (#747F71), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5:1).

#757E75 color codes

HEX	`#757E75`
RGB	`rgb(117, 126, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.9%, 49.4%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 4%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 7%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(7%, 0%, 7%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.82, -5.17, 3.75)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.82, 6.39, 144.05)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.007, 19.988, 19.736)`
Decimal	`7700085`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #757E75, 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 #757E75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.2:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#757E75 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.2:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5:1	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 #757E75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #757e75; }
.text { color: #757e75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #757e75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(117 126 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #757e75, #757e7a); }

Background

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Questions

What color is #757E75?: #757E75 is a gray, closest to the named color Camo Clay. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #757E75?: The RGB value is 117, 126, 117: 117 red, 126 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #757E75?: The complementary color is #7E757E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #757E75?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5:1 and white text 4.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.