What color is #99B0A5?

#99B0A5 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 #99B0A5?

The RGB value is 153, 176, 165: 153 red, 176 green and 165 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #99B0A5?

The complementary color is #B099A4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #99B0A5?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.11:1 and white text 2.31:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#99B0A5 color

#99B0A5 rgb(153, 176, 165)

Shades of gray

The hex color #99B0A5 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 60% red, 69% green and 64.7% blue (153, 176, 165).

Its hue angle is 151°, with 13% saturation and 65% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 31% black.

The closest named color is Ninja Turtle (#94B1A9), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.11:1).

#99B0A5 color codes

HEX	`#99B0A5`
RGB	`rgb(153, 176, 165)`
RGB percent	`rgb(60%, 69%, 64.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(151, 13%, 65%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(151, 13%, 69%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(13%, 0%, 6%, 31%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.85, -10.13, 2.96)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.85, 10.55, 163.73)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(35.452, 40.539, 41.547)`
Decimal	`10072229`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #99B0A5, 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 #99B0A5	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.11:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.31:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#99B0A5 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.31:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.11:1	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 #99B0A5 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #99b0a5; }
.text { color: #99b0a5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #99b0a5; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(153 176 165 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #99b0a5, #99afb0); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #99B0A5?: #99B0A5 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 #99B0A5?: The RGB value is 153, 176, 165: 153 red, 176 green and 165 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #99B0A5?: The complementary color is #B099A4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #99B0A5?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.11:1 and white text 2.31:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.