What color is #90B1A7?

#90B1A7 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #90B1A7?

The RGB value is 144, 177, 167: 144 red, 177 green and 167 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #90B1A7?

The complementary color is #B1909A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #90B1A7?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.03:1 and white text 2.32:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#90B1A7 color

#90B1A7 rgb(144, 177, 167)

Shades of green

The hex color #90B1A7 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.5% red, 69.4% green and 65.5% blue (144, 177, 167).

Its hue angle is 162°, with 17% saturation and 63% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 31% black.

The closest named color is Ninja Turtle (#94B1A9), a difference of 1.5 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.03:1).

#90B1A7 color codes

HEX	`#90B1A7`
RGB	`rgb(144, 177, 167)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.5%, 69.4%, 65.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(162, 17%, 63%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(162, 19%, 69%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 6%, 31%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.59, -13.28, 1.39)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.59, 13.35, 174.01)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(34.197, 40.163, 42.502)`
Decimal	`9482663`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #90B1A7, 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 #90B1A7	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.03:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.32:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#90B1A7 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.32:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.03:1	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 #90B1A7 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #90b1a7; }
.text { color: #90b1a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90b1a7; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(144 177 167 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #90b1a7, #90aab1); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #90B1A7?: #90B1A7 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #90B1A7?: The RGB value is 144, 177, 167: 144 red, 177 green and 167 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #90B1A7?: The complementary color is #B1909A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #90B1A7?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.03:1 and white text 2.32:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.