What color is #94B6A8?

#94B6A8 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #94B6A8?

The RGB value is 148, 182, 168: 148 red, 182 green and 168 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #94B6A8?

The complementary color is #B694A2, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #94B6A8?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.52:1 and white text 2.21:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#94B6A8 color

#94B6A8 rgb(148, 182, 168)

Shades of green

The hex color #94B6A8 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 71.4% green and 65.9% blue (148, 182, 168).

Its hue angle is 155°, with 19% saturation and 65% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Treetop (#91B6AC), a difference of 1.8 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.52:1).

#94B6A8 color codes

HEX	`#94B6A8`
RGB	`rgb(148, 182, 168)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 71.4%, 65.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(155, 19%, 65%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(155, 19%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 8%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(71.27, -14.37, 3.32)`
CIE LCH	`lch(71.27, 14.75, 166.99)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(36.007, 42.578, 43.359)`
Decimal	`9746088`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #94B6A8, 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 #94B6A8	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.52:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.21:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#94B6A8 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.21:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.52:1	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 #94B6A8 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #94b6a8; }
.text { color: #94b6a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94b6a8; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 182 168 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #94b6a8, #94b3b6); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #94B6A8?: #94B6A8 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #94B6A8?: The RGB value is 148, 182, 168: 148 red, 182 green and 168 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #94B6A8?: The complementary color is #B694A2, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #94B6A8?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.52:1 and white text 2.21:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.