What color is #77906F?

#77906F is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #77906F?

The RGB value is 119, 144, 111: 119 red, 144 green and 111 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #77906F?

The complementary color is #886F90, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #77906F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#77906F color

#77906F rgb(119, 144, 111)

Shades of green

The hex color #77906F is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 56.5% green and 43.5% blue (119, 144, 111).

Its hue angle is 105°, with 13% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 44% black.

The closest named color is Toad (#748D70), a difference of 1.6 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6:1).

#77906F color codes

HEX	`#77906F`
RGB	`rgb(119, 144, 111)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 56.5%, 43.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(105, 13%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(105, 23%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 23%, 44%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(57.09, -15.44, 14.68)`
CIE LCH	`lch(57.09, 21.3, 136.45)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.45, 25.016, 18.787)`
Decimal	`7835759`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #77906F, 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 #77906F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#77906F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6:1	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 #77906F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #77906f; }
.text { color: #77906f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #77906f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 144 111 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #77906f, #6f9078); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #77906F?: #77906F is a grayish green, closest to the named color Toad. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #77906F?: The RGB value is 119, 144, 111: 119 red, 144 green and 111 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #77906F?: The complementary color is #886F90, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #77906F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.