What color is #7B9F77?

#7B9F77 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #7B9F77?

The RGB value is 123, 159, 119: 123 red, 159 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #7B9F77?

The complementary color is #9B779F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #7B9F77?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.07:1 and white text 2.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#7B9F77 color

#7B9F77 rgb(123, 159, 119)

Shades of green

The hex color #7B9F77 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 48.2% red, 62.4% green and 46.7% blue (123, 159, 119).

Its hue angle is 114°, with 17% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.07:1).

#7B9F77 color codes

HEX	`#7B9F77`
RGB	`rgb(123, 159, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(48.2%, 62.4%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(114, 17%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(114, 25%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(23%, 0%, 25%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.95, -20.4, 16.95)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.95, 26.52, 140.28)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.895, 30.338, 22.046)`
Decimal	`8101751`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #7B9F77, 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 #7B9F77	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.07:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#7B9F77 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.07:1	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 #7B9F77 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #7b9f77; }
.text { color: #7b9f77; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7b9f77; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(123 159 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #7b9f77, #779f87); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #7B9F77?: #7B9F77 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #7B9F77?: The RGB value is 123, 159, 119: 123 red, 159 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #7B9F77?: The complementary color is #9B779F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #7B9F77?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.07:1 and white text 2.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.