What color is #94B1B4?

#94B1B4 is a light, grayish cyan, closest to the named color Ether. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #94B1B4?

The RGB value is 148, 177, 180: 148 red, 177 green and 180 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94B1B4?

The complementary color is #B49794, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94B1B4?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.21:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#94B1B4 color

#94B1B4 rgb(148, 177, 180)

Shades of gray

The hex color #94B1B4 is a light, grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 69.4% green and 70.6% blue (148, 177, 180).

Its hue angle is 186°, with 18% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 18% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Ether (#98B2B4), a difference of 1 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.21:1).

#94B1B4 color codes

HEX	`#94B1B4`
RGB	`rgb(148, 177, 180)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 69.4%, 70.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(186, 18%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(186, 18%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(18%, 2%, 0%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.2, -9.22, -4.84)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.2, 10.41, 207.69)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(36.171, 41.034, 49.186)`
Decimal	`9744820`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94B1B4, 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 #94B1B4	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.21:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#94B1B4 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.21:1	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 #94B1B4 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94b1b4; }
.text { color: #94b1b4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94b1b4; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 177 180 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94b1b4, #94a1b4); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #94B1B4?: #94B1B4 is a light, grayish cyan, closest to the named color Ether. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #94B1B4?: The RGB value is 148, 177, 180: 148 red, 177 green and 180 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94B1B4?: The complementary color is #B49794, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94B1B4?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.21:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.