What color is #94818A?

#94818A is a grayish rose, closest to the named color Mighty Mauve. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #94818A?

The RGB value is 148, 129, 138: 148 red, 129 green and 138 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94818A?

The complementary color is #81948B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94818A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.77:1 and white text 3.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#94818A color

#94818A rgb(148, 129, 138)

Shades of gray

The hex color #94818A is a grayish rose.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 50.6% green and 54.1% blue (148, 129, 138).

Its hue angle is 332°, with 8% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 42% black.

The closest named color is Mighty Mauve (#8F7F85), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.77:1).

#94818A color codes

HEX	`#94818A`
RGB	`rgb(148, 129, 138)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 50.6%, 54.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(332, 8%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(332, 13%, 58%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 13%, 7%, 42%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(55.92, 8.86, -2.18)`
CIE LCH	`lch(55.92, 9.13, 346.18)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(24.65, 23.832, 27.341)`
Decimal	`9732490`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94818A, 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 #94818A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.77:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.64:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#94818A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.64:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.77:1	Pass	Fail	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 #94818A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94818a; }
.text { color: #94818a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94818a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 129 138 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94818a, #948281); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #94818A?: #94818A is a grayish rose, closest to the named color Mighty Mauve. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #94818A?: The RGB value is 148, 129, 138: 148 red, 129 green and 138 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94818A?: The complementary color is #81948B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94818A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.77:1 and white text 3.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.