What color is #77A194?

#77A194 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 #77A194?

The RGB value is 119, 161, 148: 119 red, 161 green and 148 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #77A194?

The complementary color is #A17784, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #77A194?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 and white text 2.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#77A194 color

#77A194 rgb(119, 161, 148)

Shades of green

The hex color #77A194 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 63.1% green and 58% blue (119, 161, 148).

Its hue angle is 161°, with 18% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Emerald Oasis (#67A195), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.31:1).

#77A194 color codes

HEX	`#77A194`
RGB	`rgb(119, 161, 148)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 63.1%, 58%)`
HSL	`hsl(161, 18%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(161, 26%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(26%, 0%, 8%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.97, -17.07, 2.15)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.97, 17.21, 172.81)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.696, 31.549, 32.747)`
Decimal	`7840148`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #77A194, 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 #77A194	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.31:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#77A194 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.31:1	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 #77A194 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #77a194; }
.text { color: #77a194; }
.border { border: 2px solid #77a194; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 161 148 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #77a194, #7799a1); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #77A194?: #77A194 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 #77A194?: The RGB value is 119, 161, 148: 119 red, 161 green and 148 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #77A194?: The complementary color is #A17784, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #77A194?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 and white text 2.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.