What color is #759E75?

#759E75 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #759E75?

The RGB value is 117, 158, 117: 117 red, 158 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #759E75?

The complementary color is #9E759E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #759E75?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.9:1 and white text 3.04:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#759E75 color

#759E75 rgb(117, 158, 117)

Shades of green

The hex color #759E75 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.9% red, 62% green and 45.9% blue (117, 158, 117).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 17% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.9:1).

#759E75 color codes

HEX	`#759E75`
RGB	`rgb(117, 158, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.9%, 62%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 17%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 26%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(26%, 0%, 26%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.24, -22.37, 17.02)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.24, 28.11, 142.73)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.773, 29.519, 21.324)`
Decimal	`7708277`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #759E75, 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 #759E75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.9:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.04:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#759E75 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.04:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.9:1	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 #759E75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #759e75; }
.text { color: #759e75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #759e75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(117 158 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #759e75, #759e8a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #759E75?: #759E75 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #759E75?: The RGB value is 117, 158, 117: 117 red, 158 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #759E75?: The complementary color is #9E759E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #759E75?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.9:1 and white text 3.04:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.