What color is #94A7A0?

#94A7A0 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #94A7A0?

The RGB value is 148, 167, 160: 148 red, 167 green and 160 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94A7A0?

The complementary color is #A7949B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94A7A0?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#94A7A0 color

#94A7A0 rgb(148, 167, 160)

Shades of gray

The hex color #94A7A0 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 65.5% green and 62.7% blue (148, 167, 160).

Its hue angle is 158°, with 10% saturation and 62% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Ninja Turtle (#94B1A9), a difference of 4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.29:1).

#94A7A0 color codes

HEX	`#94A7A0`
RGB	`rgb(148, 167, 160)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 65.5%, 62.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(158, 10%, 62%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(158, 11%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 0%, 4%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.88, -8.04, 1.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.88, 8.16, 170.38)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.375, 36.471, 38.585)`
Decimal	`9742240`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94A7A0, 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 #94A7A0	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#94A7A0 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.29:1	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 #94A7A0 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94a7a0; }
.text { color: #94a7a0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94a7a0; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 167 160 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94a7a0, #94a5a7); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #94A7A0?: #94A7A0 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #94A7A0?: The RGB value is 148, 167, 160: 148 red, 167 green and 160 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94A7A0?: The complementary color is #A7949B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94A7A0?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.