What color is #99BCAF?

#99BCAF is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #99BCAF?

The RGB value is 153, 188, 175: 153 red, 188 green and 175 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #99BCAF?

The complementary color is #BC99A6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #99BCAF?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.17:1 and white text 2.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#99BCAF color

#99BCAF rgb(153, 188, 175)

Shades of green

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

In the RGB color model it is made of 60% red, 73.7% green and 68.6% blue (153, 188, 175).

Its hue angle is 158°, with 21% saturation and 67% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 26% black.

The closest named color is Treetop (#91B6AC), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.17:1).

#99BCAF color codes

HEX	`#99BCAF`
RGB	`rgb(153, 188, 175)`
RGB percent	`rgb(60%, 73.7%, 68.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(158, 21%, 67%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(158, 19%, 74%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 7%, 26%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(73.44, -14.42, 2.68)`
CIE LCH	`lch(73.44, 14.66, 169.48)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(38.856, 45.833, 47.349)`
Decimal	`10075311`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #99BCAF, 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 #99BCAF	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#99BCAF as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.17:1	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 #99BCAF looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #99bcaf; }
.text { color: #99bcaf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #99bcaf; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(153 188 175 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #99bcaf, #99b8bc); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #99BCAF?: #99BCAF is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #99BCAF?: The RGB value is 153, 188, 175: 153 red, 188 green and 175 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #99BCAF?: The complementary color is #BC99A6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #99BCAF?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.17:1 and white text 2.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.