What color is #778D72?

#778D72 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #778D72?

The RGB value is 119, 141, 114: 119 red, 141 green and 114 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #778D72?

The complementary color is #88728D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #778D72?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.84:1 and white text 3.6:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#778D72 color

#778D72 rgb(119, 141, 114)

Shades of green

The hex color #778D72 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 55.3% green and 44.7% blue (119, 141, 114).

Its hue angle is 109°, with 11% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Toad (#748D70), a difference of 1.1 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.84:1).

#778D72 color codes

HEX	`#778D72`
RGB	`rgb(119, 141, 114)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 55.3%, 44.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(109, 11%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(109, 19%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(16%, 0%, 19%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.27, -13.29, 11.83)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.27, 17.8, 138.33)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.169, 24.186, 19.522)`
Decimal	`7834994`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #778D72, 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 #778D72	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.84:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.6:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#778D72 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.6:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.84:1	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 #778D72 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #778d72; }
.text { color: #778d72; }
.border { border: 2px solid #778d72; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 141 114 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #778d72, #728d7b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #778D72?: #778D72 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #778D72?: The RGB value is 119, 141, 114: 119 red, 141 green and 114 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #778D72?: The complementary color is #88728D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #778D72?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.84:1 and white text 3.6:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.