What color is #77AA76?

#77AA76 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Garden of Eden. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #77AA76?

The RGB value is 119, 170, 118: 119 red, 170 green and 118 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #77AA76?

The complementary color is #A976AA, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #77AA76?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.8:1 and white text 2.69:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#77AA76 color

#77AA76 rgb(119, 170, 118)

Shades of green

The hex color #77AA76 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 66.7% green and 46.3% blue (119, 170, 118).

Its hue angle is 119°, with 23% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 33% black.

The closest named color is Garden of Eden (#7FA771), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.8:1).

#77AA76 color codes

HEX	`#77AA76`
RGB	`rgb(119, 170, 118)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 66.7%, 46.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(119, 23%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(119, 31%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 0%, 31%, 33%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.95, -27.47, 21.56)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.95, 34.92, 141.88)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.251, 33.978, 22.364)`
Decimal	`7842422`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #77AA76, 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 #77AA76	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.8:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#77AA76 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.8:1	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 #77AA76 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #77aa76; }
.text { color: #77aa76; }
.border { border: 2px solid #77aa76; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 170 118 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #77aa76, #76aa8f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #77AA76?: #77AA76 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Garden of Eden. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #77AA76?: The RGB value is 119, 170, 118: 119 red, 170 green and 118 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #77AA76?: The complementary color is #A976AA, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #77AA76?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.8:1 and white text 2.69:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.