What color is #99AEA6?

#99AEA6 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #99AEA6?

The RGB value is 153, 174, 166: 153 red, 174 green and 166 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #99AEA6?

The complementary color is #AE99A1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #99AEA6?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.96:1 and white text 2.34:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#99AEA6 color

#99AEA6 rgb(153, 174, 166)

Shades of gray

The hex color #99AEA6 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 60% red, 68.2% green and 65.1% blue (153, 174, 166).

Its hue angle is 157°, with 11% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 32% black.

The closest named color is Ninja Turtle (#94B1A9), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.96:1).

#99AEA6 color codes

HEX	`#99AEA6`
RGB	`rgb(153, 174, 166)`
RGB percent	`rgb(60%, 68.2%, 65.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(157, 11%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(157, 12%, 68%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(12%, 0%, 5%, 32%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.32, -8.87, 1.64)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.32, 9.02, 169.52)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(35.154, 39.797, 41.898)`
Decimal	`10071718`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #99AEA6, 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 #99AEA6	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.96:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.34:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#99AEA6 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.34:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.96:1	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 #99AEA6 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #99aea6; }
.text { color: #99aea6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #99aea6; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(153 174 166 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #99aea6, #99abae); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #99AEA6?: #99AEA6 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Ninja Turtle. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #99AEA6?: The RGB value is 153, 174, 166: 153 red, 174 green and 166 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #99AEA6?: The complementary color is #AE99A1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #99AEA6?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.96:1 and white text 2.34:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.