What color is #90B398?

#90B398 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #90B398?

The RGB value is 144, 179, 152: 144 red, 179 green and 152 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #90B398?

The complementary color is #B390AB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #90B398?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.09:1 and white text 2.31:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#90B398 color

#90B398 rgb(144, 179, 152)

Shades of green

The hex color #90B398 is a light, grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.5% red, 70.2% green and 59.6% blue (144, 179, 152).

Its hue angle is 134°, with 19% saturation and 63% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 30% black.

The closest named color is OMGreen (#8CA891), a difference of 3.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.09:1).

#90B398 color codes

HEX	`#90B398`
RGB	`rgb(144, 179, 152)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.5%, 70.2%, 59.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(134, 19%, 63%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(134, 20%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(20%, 0%, 15%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.78, -17.3, 9.92)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.78, 19.94, 150.17)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(33.288, 40.436, 35.751)`
Decimal	`9483160`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #90B398, 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 #90B398	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.09:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.31:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#90B398 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.31:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.09:1	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 #90B398 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #90b398; }
.text { color: #90b398; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90b398; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(144 179 152 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #90b398, #90b3aa); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #90B398?: #90B398 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #90B398?: The RGB value is 144, 179, 152: 144 red, 179 green and 152 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #90B398?: The complementary color is #B390AB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #90B398?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.09:1 and white text 2.31:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.