What color is #759E77?

#759E77 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #759E77?

The RGB value is 117, 158, 119: 117 red, 158 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #759E77?

The complementary color is #9E759C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #759E77?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.91:1 and white text 3.04:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#759E77 color

#759E77 rgb(117, 158, 119)

Shades of green

The hex color #759E77 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.9% red, 62% green and 46.7% blue (117, 158, 119).

Its hue angle is 123°, with 17% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 3.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.91:1).

#759E77 color codes

HEX	`#759E77`
RGB	`rgb(117, 158, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.9%, 62%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(123, 17%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(123, 26%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(26%, 0%, 25%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.28, -22.01, 15.97)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.28, 27.19, 144.04)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.892, 29.567, 21.95)`
Decimal	`7708279`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #759E77, 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 #759E77	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.91:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.04:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#759E77 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.04:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.91:1	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 #759E77 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #759e77; }
.text { color: #759e77; }
.border { border: 2px solid #759e77; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(117 158 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #759e77, #759e8c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #759E77?: #759E77 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #759E77?: The RGB value is 117, 158, 119: 117 red, 158 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #759E77?: The complementary color is #9E759C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #759E77?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.91:1 and white text 3.04:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.