What color is #919F93?

#919F93 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #919F93?

The RGB value is 145, 159, 147: 145 red, 159 green and 147 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #919F93?

The complementary color is #9F919D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #919F93?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#919F93 color

#919F93 rgb(145, 159, 147)

Shades of gray

The hex color #919F93 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.9% red, 62.4% green and 57.6% blue (145, 159, 147).

Its hue angle is 129°, with 7% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 4.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.58:1).

#919F93 color codes

HEX	`#919F93`
RGB	`rgb(145, 159, 147)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.9%, 62.4%, 57.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(129, 7%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(129, 9%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(9%, 0%, 8%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.1, -7.33, 4.57)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.1, 8.64, 148.08)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.341, 32.922, 32.407)`
Decimal	`9543571`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #919F93, 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 #919F93	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.58:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#919F93 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.58:1	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 #919F93 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #919f93; }
.text { color: #919f93; }
.border { border: 2px solid #919f93; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(145 159 147 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #919f93, #919f9a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #919F93?: #919F93 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #919F93?: The RGB value is 145, 159, 147: 145 red, 159 green and 147 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #919F93?: The complementary color is #9F919D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #919F93?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.