What color is #94B491?

#94B491 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #94B491?

The RGB value is 148, 180, 145: 148 red, 180 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94B491?

The complementary color is #B191B4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94B491?

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.

#94B491 color

#94B491 rgb(148, 180, 145)

Shades of green

The hex color #94B491 is a light, grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 70.6% green and 56.9% blue (148, 180, 145).

Its hue angle is 115°, with 19% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Foliage (#95B388), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

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

#94B491 color codes

HEX	`#94B491`
RGB	`rgb(148, 180, 145)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 70.6%, 56.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(115, 19%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(115, 19%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(18%, 0%, 19%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.16, -17.7, 14.32)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.16, 22.77, 141.02)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(33.644, 40.982, 32.92)`
Decimal	`9745553`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94B491, 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 #94B491	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.2:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#94B491 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 #94B491 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94b491; }
.text { color: #94b491; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94b491; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 180 145 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94b491, #91b49f); }

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Questions

What color is #94B491?: #94B491 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Foliage. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #94B491?: The RGB value is 148, 180, 145: 148 red, 180 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94B491?: The complementary color is #B191B4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94B491?: 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.