What color is #75A177?

#75A177 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Primavera. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #75A177?

The RGB value is 117, 161, 119: 117 red, 161 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #75A177?

The complementary color is #A1759F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #75A177?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 and white text 2.95:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#75A177 color

#75A177 rgb(117, 161, 119)

Shades of green

The hex color #75A177 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.9% red, 63.1% green and 46.7% blue (117, 161, 119).

Its hue angle is 123°, with 19% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Primavera (#6FA77A), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.12:1).

#75A177 color codes

HEX	`#75A177`
RGB	`rgb(117, 161, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.9%, 63.1%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(123, 19%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(123, 27%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(27%, 0%, 26%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.17, -23.53, 17.2)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.17, 29.14, 143.83)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.41, 30.603, 22.123)`
Decimal	`7709047`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #75A177, 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 #75A177	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.12:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.95:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#75A177 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.95:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.12:1	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 #75A177 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #75a177; }
.text { color: #75a177; }
.border { border: 2px solid #75a177; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(117 161 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #75a177, #75a18d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #75A177?: #75A177 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Primavera. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #75A177?: The RGB value is 117, 161, 119: 117 red, 161 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #75A177?: The complementary color is #A1759F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #75A177?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 and white text 2.95:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.