What color is #959E95?

#959E95 is a gray, closest to the named color Concrete Jungle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #959E95?

The RGB value is 149, 158, 149: 149 red, 158 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #959E95?

The complementary color is #9E959E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #959E95?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.6:1 and white text 2.76:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#959E95 color

#959E95 rgb(149, 158, 149)

Shades of gray

The hex color #959E95 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58.4% red, 62% green and 58.4% blue (149, 158, 149).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 4% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Concrete Jungle (#999988), a difference of 5.2 ΔE.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.6:1).

#959E95 color codes

HEX	`#959E95`
RGB	`rgb(149, 158, 149)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58.4%, 62%, 58.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 4%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 6%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.17, -4.96, 3.59)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.17, 6.13, 144.13)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(30.045, 33.013, 33.217)`
Decimal	`9805461`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #959E95, 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 #959E95	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.6:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.76:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#959E95 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.76:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.6:1	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 #959E95 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #959e95; }
.text { color: #959e95; }
.border { border: 2px solid #959e95; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(149 158 149 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #959e95, #959e9a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Stone.

Questions

What color is #959E95?: #959E95 is a gray, closest to the named color Concrete Jungle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #959E95?: The RGB value is 149, 158, 149: 149 red, 158 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #959E95?: The complementary color is #9E959E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #959E95?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.6:1 and white text 2.76:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.