What color is #91B3A6?

#91B3A6 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #91B3A6?

The RGB value is 145, 179, 166: 145 red, 179 green and 166 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #91B3A6?

The complementary color is #B3919E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #91B3A6?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.2:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#91B3A6 color

#91B3A6 rgb(145, 179, 166)

Shades of green

The hex color #91B3A6 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.9% red, 70.2% green and 65.1% blue (145, 179, 166).

Its hue angle is 157°, with 18% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 30% black.

The closest named color is Treetop (#91B6AC), a difference of 1.6 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.2:1).

#91B3A6 color codes

HEX	`#91B3A6`
RGB	`rgb(145, 179, 166)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.9%, 70.2%, 65.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(157, 18%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(157, 19%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 7%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.18, -14.2, 2.82)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.18, 14.48, 168.76)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(34.678, 41.012, 42.158)`
Decimal	`9548710`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #91B3A6, 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 #91B3A6	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.2:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#91B3A6 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.2:1	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 #91B3A6 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #91b3a6; }
.text { color: #91b3a6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #91b3a6; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(145 179 166 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #91b3a6, #91afb3); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #91B3A6?: #91B3A6 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #91B3A6?: The RGB value is 145, 179, 166: 145 red, 179 green and 166 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #91B3A6?: The complementary color is #B3919E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #91B3A6?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.2:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.