What color is #94B2A9?

#94B2A9 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 #94B2A9?

The RGB value is 148, 178, 169: 148 red, 178 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94B2A9?

The complementary color is #B2949D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94B2A9?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.2:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#94B2A9 color

#94B2A9 rgb(148, 178, 169)

Shades of gray

The hex color #94B2A9 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 69.8% green and 66.3% blue (148, 178, 169).

Its hue angle is 162°, with 16% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 30% black.

The closest named color is Ninja Turtle (#94B1A9), a difference of 0.6 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.2:1).

#94B2A9 color codes

HEX	`#94B2A9`
RGB	`rgb(148, 178, 169)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 69.8%, 66.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(162, 16%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(162, 17%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 5%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.18, -12.07, 1.18)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.18, 12.13, 174.39)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(35.293, 41, 43.583)`
Decimal	`9745065`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94B2A9, 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 #94B2A9	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.2:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#94B2A9 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.2:1	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 #94B2A9 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94b2a9; }
.text { color: #94b2a9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94b2a9; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 178 169 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94b2a9, #94acb2); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #94B2A9?: #94B2A9 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 #94B2A9?: The RGB value is 148, 178, 169: 148 red, 178 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94B2A9?: The complementary color is #B2949D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94B2A9?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.2:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.