What color is #94B5BB?

#94B5BB 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 #94B5BB?

The RGB value is 148, 181, 187: 148 red, 181 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94B5BB?

The complementary color is #BB9A94, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94B5BB?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.59:1 and white text 2.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#94B5BB color

#94B5BB rgb(148, 181, 187)

Shades of gray

The hex color #94B5BB is a light, grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 71% green and 73.3% blue (148, 181, 187).

Its hue angle is 189°, with 22% saturation and 66% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% black.

The closest named color is Ether (#98B2B4), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.59:1).

#94B5BB color codes

HEX	`#94B5BB`
RGB	`rgb(148, 181, 187)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 71%, 73.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(189, 22%, 66%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(189, 21%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 3%, 0%, 27%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(71.51, -9.81, -6.75)`
CIE LCH	`lch(71.51, 11.9, 214.55)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(37.704, 42.93, 53.304)`
Decimal	`9745851`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94B5BB, 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 #94B5BB	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.59:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.19:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#94B5BB as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.19:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.59:1	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 #94B5BB looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94b5bb; }
.text { color: #94b5bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94b5bb; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 181 187 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94b5bb, #94a2bb); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Light Blue.

Questions

What color is #94B5BB?: #94B5BB 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 #94B5BB?: The RGB value is 148, 181, 187: 148 red, 181 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94B5BB?: The complementary color is #BB9A94, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94B5BB?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.59:1 and white text 2.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.