What color is #919F94?

#919F94 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #919F94?

The RGB value is 145, 159, 148: 145 red, 159 green and 148 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #919F94?

The complementary color is #9F919C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #919F94?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#919F94 color

#919F94 rgb(145, 159, 148)

Shades of gray

The hex color #919F94 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.9% red, 62.4% green and 58% blue (145, 159, 148).

Its hue angle is 133°, with 7% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 4.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.59:1).

#919F94 color codes

HEX	`#919F94`
RGB	`rgb(145, 159, 148)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.9%, 62.4%, 58%)`
HSL	`hsl(133, 7%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(133, 9%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(9%, 0%, 7%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.12, -7.14, 4.04)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.12, 8.2, 150.47)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.419, 32.954, 32.822)`
Decimal	`9543572`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #919F94, 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 #919F94	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.59:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#919F94 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.59:1	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 #919F94 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #919f94; }
.text { color: #919f94; }
.border { border: 2px solid #919f94; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(145 159 148 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #919f94, #919f9b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Pewter.

Questions

What color is #919F94?: #919F94 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #919F94?: The RGB value is 145, 159, 148: 145 red, 159 green and 148 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #919F94?: The complementary color is #9F919C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #919F94?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.