What color is #7F9A75?

#7F9A75 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #7F9A75?

The RGB value is 127, 154, 117: 127 red, 154 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #7F9A75?

The complementary color is #90759A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #7F9A75?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.78:1 and white text 3.1:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#7F9A75 color

#7F9A75 rgb(127, 154, 117)

Shades of green

The hex color #7F9A75 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 49.8% red, 60.4% green and 45.9% blue (127, 154, 117).

Its hue angle is 104°, with 15% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 40% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.78:1).

#7F9A75 color codes

HEX	`#7F9A75`
RGB	`rgb(127, 154, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(49.8%, 60.4%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(104, 15%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(104, 24%, 60%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(18%, 0%, 24%, 40%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(60.7, -16.7, 16.38)`
CIE LCH	`lch(60.7, 23.39, 135.55)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.518, 28.907, 21.167)`
Decimal	`8362613`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #7F9A75, 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 #7F9A75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.78:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.1:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#7F9A75 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.1:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.78:1	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 #7F9A75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #7f9a75; }
.text { color: #7f9a75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7f9a75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(127 154 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #7f9a75, #759a7d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #7F9A75?: #7F9A75 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #7F9A75?: The RGB value is 127, 154, 117: 127 red, 154 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #7F9A75?: The complementary color is #90759A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #7F9A75?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.78:1 and white text 3.1:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.