What color is #91B495?

#91B495 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #91B495?

The RGB value is 145, 180, 149: 145 red, 180 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #91B495?

The complementary color is #B491B0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #91B495?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 and white text 2.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#91B495 color

#91B495 rgb(145, 180, 149)

Shades of green

The hex color #91B495 is a light, grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.9% red, 70.6% green and 58.4% blue (145, 180, 149).

Its hue angle is 127°, with 19% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Foliage (#95B388), a difference of 3.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.17:1).

#91B495 color codes

HEX	`#91B495`
RGB	`rgb(145, 180, 149)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.9%, 70.6%, 58.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(127, 19%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(127, 19%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 17%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.06, -18.03, 11.96)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.06, 21.63, 146.43)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(33.422, 40.831, 34.548)`
Decimal	`9548949`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #91B495, 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 #91B495	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#91B495 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.17:1	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 #91B495 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #91b495; }
.text { color: #91b495; }
.border { border: 2px solid #91b495; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(145 180 149 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #91b495, #91b4a7); }

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Questions

What color is #91B495?: #91B495 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #91B495?: The RGB value is 145, 180, 149: 145 red, 180 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #91B495?: The complementary color is #B491B0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #91B495?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 and white text 2.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.