What color is #899F94?

#899F94 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #899F94?

The RGB value is 137, 159, 148: 137 red, 159 green and 148 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #899F94?

The complementary color is #9F8994, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #899F94?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.45:1 and white text 2.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#899F94 color

#899F94 rgb(137, 159, 148)

Shades of gray

The hex color #899F94 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 53.7% red, 62.4% green and 58% blue (137, 159, 148).

Its hue angle is 150°, with 10% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.45:1).

#899F94 color codes

HEX	`#899F94`
RGB	`rgb(137, 159, 148)`
RGB percent	`rgb(53.7%, 62.4%, 58%)`
HSL	`hsl(150, 10%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(150, 14%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(14%, 0%, 7%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.55, -9.97, 3.14)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.55, 10.45, 162.5)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.059, 32.252, 32.758)`
Decimal	`9019284`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #899F94, 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 #899F94	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.45:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.82:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#899F94 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.82:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.45:1	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 #899F94 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #899f94; }
.text { color: #899f94; }
.border { border: 2px solid #899f94; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(137 159 148 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #899f94, #899f9f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #899F94?: #899F94 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #899F94?: The RGB value is 137, 159, 148: 137 red, 159 green and 148 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #899F94?: The complementary color is #9F8994, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #899F94?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.45:1 and white text 2.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.