What color is #90AD85?

#90AD85 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #90AD85?

The RGB value is 144, 173, 133: 144 red, 173 green and 133 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #90AD85?

The complementary color is #A285AD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #90AD85?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.5:1 and white text 2.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#90AD85 color

#90AD85 rgb(144, 173, 133)

Shades of green

The hex color #90AD85 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.5% red, 67.8% green and 52.2% blue (144, 173, 133).

Its hue angle is 104°, with 20% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 32% black.

The closest named color is Foliage (#95B388), a difference of 1.8 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.5:1).

#90AD85 color codes

HEX	`#90AD85`
RGB	`rgb(144, 173, 133)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.5%, 67.8%, 52.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(104, 20%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(104, 23%, 68%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 23%, 32%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(67.66, -17.61, 17.34)`
CIE LCH	`lch(67.66, 24.72, 135.45)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(30.678, 37.509, 27.81)`
Decimal	`9481605`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #90AD85, 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 #90AD85	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.5:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.47:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#90AD85 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.47:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.5:1	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 #90AD85 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #90ad85; }
.text { color: #90ad85; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90ad85; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(144 173 133 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #90ad85, #85ad8e); }

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Questions

What color is #90AD85?: #90AD85 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #90AD85?: The RGB value is 144, 173, 133: 144 red, 173 green and 133 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #90AD85?: The complementary color is #A285AD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #90AD85?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.5:1 and white text 2.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.