What color is #959B81?

#959B81 is a grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Herbalist. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #959B81?

The RGB value is 149, 155, 129: 149 red, 155 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #959B81?

The complementary color is #87819B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #959B81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 and white text 2.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#959B81 color

#959B81 rgb(149, 155, 129)

Shades of green

The hex color #959B81 is a grayish yellow-green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58.4% red, 60.8% green and 50.6% blue (149, 155, 129).

Its hue angle is 74°, with 12% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 39% black.

The closest named color is Herbalist (#969E86), a difference of 1.4 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.28:1).

#959B81 color codes

HEX	`#959B81`
RGB	`rgb(149, 155, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58.4%, 60.8%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(74, 12%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(74, 17%, 61%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(4%, 0%, 17%, 39%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.86, -6.91, 12.93)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.86, 14.66, 118.11)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.078, 31.417, 25.35)`
Decimal	`9804673`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #959B81, 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 #959B81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.28:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#959B81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.28:1	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 #959B81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #959b81; }
.text { color: #959b81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #959b81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(149 155 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #959b81, #889b81); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #959B81?: #959B81 is a grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Herbalist. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #959B81?: The RGB value is 149, 155, 129: 149 red, 155 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #959B81?: The complementary color is #87819B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #959B81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 and white text 2.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.