What color is #8D9F95?

#8D9F95 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #8D9F95?

The RGB value is 141, 159, 149: 141 red, 159 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #8D9F95?

The complementary color is #9F8D97, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #8D9F95?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.53:1 and white text 2.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#8D9F95 color

#8D9F95 rgb(141, 159, 149)

Shades of gray

The hex color #8D9F95 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 55.3% red, 62.4% green and 58.4% blue (141, 159, 149).

Its hue angle is 147°, with 9% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.53:1).

#8D9F95 color codes

HEX	`#8D9F95`
RGB	`rgb(141, 159, 149)`
RGB percent	`rgb(55.3%, 62.4%, 58.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(147, 9%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(147, 11%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 0%, 6%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.86, -8.36, 3.06)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.86, 8.91, 159.89)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.806, 32.628, 33.208)`
Decimal	`9281429`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #8D9F95, 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 #8D9F95	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#8D9F95 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.53:1	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 #8D9F95 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #8d9f95; }
.text { color: #8d9f95; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d9f95; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(141 159 149 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #8d9f95, #8d9f9e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #8D9F95?: #8D9F95 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #8D9F95?: The RGB value is 141, 159, 149: 141 red, 159 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #8D9F95?: The complementary color is #9F8D97, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #8D9F95?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.53:1 and white text 2.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.