What color is #75A091?

#75A091 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Emerald Oasis. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #75A091?

The RGB value is 117, 160, 145: 117 red, 160 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #75A091?

The complementary color is #A07584, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #75A091?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.19:1 and white text 2.92:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#75A091 color

#75A091 rgb(117, 160, 145)

Shades of green

The hex color #75A091 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.9% red, 62.7% green and 56.9% blue (117, 160, 145).

Its hue angle is 159°, with 18% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Emerald Oasis (#67A195), a difference of 3.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.19:1).

#75A091 color codes

HEX	`#75A091`
RGB	`rgb(117, 160, 145)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.9%, 62.7%, 56.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(159, 18%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(159, 27%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(27%, 0%, 9%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.48, -17.85, 3.12)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.48, 18.12, 170.1)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.016, 30.967, 31.442)`
Decimal	`7708817`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #75A091, 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 #75A091	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.19:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.92:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#75A091 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.92:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.19:1	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 #75A091 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #75a091; }
.text { color: #75a091; }
.border { border: 2px solid #75a091; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(117 160 145 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #75a091, #759aa0); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #75A091?: #75A091 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Emerald Oasis. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #75A091?: The RGB value is 117, 160, 145: 117 red, 160 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #75A091?: The complementary color is #A07584, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #75A091?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.19:1 and white text 2.92:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.