What color is #779E9A?

#779E9A is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Yucca. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #779E9A?

The RGB value is 119, 158, 154: 119 red, 158 green and 154 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #779E9A?

The complementary color is #9E777B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #779E9A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#779E9A color

#779E9A rgb(119, 158, 154)

Shades of teal

The hex color #779E9A is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 62% green and 60.4% blue (119, 158, 154).

Its hue angle is 174°, with 17% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Yucca (#75978F), a difference of 3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.14:1).

#779E9A color codes

HEX	`#779E9A`
RGB	`rgb(119, 158, 154)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 62%, 60.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(174, 17%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(174, 25%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(25%, 0%, 3%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.26, -14.15, -2.26)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.26, 14.33, 189.06)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.666, 30.708, 35.14)`
Decimal	`7839386`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #779E9A, 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 #779E9A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.14:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#779E9A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.14:1	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 #779E9A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #779e9a; }
.text { color: #779e9a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #779e9a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 158 154 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #779e9a, #778f9e); }

Background

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Questions

What color is #779E9A?: #779E9A is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Yucca. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #779E9A?: The RGB value is 119, 158, 154: 119 red, 158 green and 154 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #779E9A?: The complementary color is #9E777B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #779E9A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.