What color is #75A496?

#75A496 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 #75A496?

The RGB value is 117, 164, 150: 117 red, 164 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #75A496?

The complementary color is #A47583, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #75A496?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.51:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#75A496 color

#75A496 rgb(117, 164, 150)

Shades of green

The hex color #75A496 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.9% red, 64.3% green and 58.8% blue (117, 164, 150).

Its hue angle is 162°, with 21% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Emerald Oasis (#67A195), a difference of 2.7 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.51:1).

#75A496 color codes

HEX	`#75A496`
RGB	`rgb(117, 164, 150)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.9%, 64.3%, 58.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(162, 21%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(162, 29%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(29%, 0%, 9%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.78, -18.83, 2.2)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.78, 18.96, 173.34)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.115, 32.534, 33.752)`
Decimal	`7709846`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #75A496, 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 #75A496	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.51:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#75A496 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.51:1	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 #75A496 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #75a496; }
.text { color: #75a496; }
.border { border: 2px solid #75a496; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(117 164 150 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #75a496, #759ba4); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #75A496?: #75A496 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 #75A496?: The RGB value is 117, 164, 150: 117 red, 164 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #75A496?: The complementary color is #A47583, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #75A496?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.51:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.