What color is #94A198?

#94A198 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #94A198?

The RGB value is 148, 161, 152: 148 red, 161 green and 152 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94A198?

The complementary color is #A1949D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94A198?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.81:1 and white text 2.69:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#94A198 color

#94A198 rgb(148, 161, 152)

Shades of gray

The hex color #94A198 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 63.1% green and 59.6% blue (148, 161, 152).

Its hue angle is 138°, with 6% saturation and 61% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 5.4 ΔE.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.81:1).

#94A198 color codes

HEX	`#94A198`
RGB	`rgb(148, 161, 152)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 63.1%, 59.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(138, 6%, 61%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(138, 8%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(8%, 0%, 6%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65, -6.38, 3.1)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65, 7.09, 154.05)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(30.624, 34.052, 34.659)`
Decimal	`9740696`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94A198, 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 #94A198	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.81:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#94A198 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.81:1	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 #94A198 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94a198; }
.text { color: #94a198; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94a198; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 161 152 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94a198, #94a19f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #94A198?: #94A198 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #94A198?: The RGB value is 148, 161, 152: 148 red, 161 green and 152 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94A198?: The complementary color is #A1949D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94A198?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.81:1 and white text 2.69:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.