What color is #93B5B0?

#93B5B0 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #93B5B0?

The RGB value is 147, 181, 176: 147 red, 181 green and 176 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #93B5B0?

The complementary color is #B59398, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #93B5B0?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.48:1 and white text 2.22:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#93B5B0 color

#93B5B0 rgb(147, 181, 176)

Shades of gray

The hex color #93B5B0 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 57.6% red, 71% green and 69% blue (147, 181, 176).

Its hue angle is 171°, with 19% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Ninja Turtle (#94B1A9), a difference of 2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.48:1).

#93B5B0 color codes

HEX	`#93B5B0`
RGB	`rgb(147, 181, 176)`
RGB percent	`rgb(57.6%, 71%, 69%)`
HSL	`hsl(171, 19%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(171, 19%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 3%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(71.14, -12.51, -1.27)`
CIE LCH	`lch(71.14, 12.58, 185.79)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(36.391, 42.384, 47.329)`
Decimal	`9680304`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #93B5B0, 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 #93B5B0	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.48:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.22:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#93B5B0 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.22:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.48:1	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 #93B5B0 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #93b5b0; }
.text { color: #93b5b0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #93b5b0; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(147 181 176 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #93b5b0, #93a9b5); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #93B5B0?: #93B5B0 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #93B5B0?: The RGB value is 147, 181, 176: 147 red, 181 green and 176 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #93B5B0?: The complementary color is #B59398, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #93B5B0?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.48:1 and white text 2.22:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.