What color is #95A79D?

#95A79D is a grayish green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #95A79D?

The RGB value is 149, 167, 157: 149 red, 167 green and 157 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #95A79D?

The complementary color is #A7959F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #95A79D?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#95A79D color

#95A79D rgb(149, 167, 157)

Shades of gray

The hex color #95A79D is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58.4% red, 65.5% green and 61.6% blue (149, 167, 157).

Its hue angle is 147°, with 9% saturation and 62% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Ninja Turtle (#94B1A9), a difference of 4.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.29:1).

#95A79D color codes

HEX	`#95A79D`
RGB	`rgb(149, 167, 157)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58.4%, 65.5%, 61.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(147, 9%, 62%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(147, 11%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 0%, 6%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.87, -8.29, 3.03)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.87, 8.83, 159.93)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.298, 36.461, 37.228)`
Decimal	`9807773`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #95A79D, 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 #95A79D	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#95A79D as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.29:1	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 #95A79D looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #95a79d; }
.text { color: #95a79d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #95a79d; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(149 167 157 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #95a79d, #95a7a6); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #95A79D?: #95A79D is a grayish green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #95A79D?: The RGB value is 149, 167, 157: 149 red, 167 green and 157 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #95A79D?: The complementary color is #A7959F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #95A79D?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.