What color is #B5C0A9?

#B5C0A9 is a light, grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Meadow Morn. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B5C0A9?

The RGB value is 181, 192, 169: 181 red, 192 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B5C0A9?

The complementary color is #B4A9C0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B5C0A9?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 and white text 1.9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B5C0A9 color

#B5C0A9 rgb(181, 192, 169)

Shades of green

The hex color #B5C0A9 is a light, grayish yellow-green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71% red, 75.3% green and 66.3% blue (181, 192, 169).

Its hue angle is 89°, with 15% saturation and 71% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 25% black.

The closest named color is Meadow Morn (#AEBEA6), a difference of 2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.08:1).

#B5C0A9 color codes

HEX	`#B5C0A9`
RGB	`rgb(181, 192, 169)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71%, 75.3%, 66.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(89, 15%, 71%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(89, 12%, 75%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 0%, 12%, 25%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(76.31, -7.98, 10.31)`
CIE LCH	`lch(76.31, 13.04, 127.77)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(45.066, 50.387, 44.88)`
Decimal	`11911337`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B5C0A9, 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 #B5C0A9	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.08:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.9:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B5C0A9 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.9:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.08:1	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 #B5C0A9 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b5c0a9; }
.text { color: #b5c0a9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5c0a9; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(181 192 169 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b5c0a9, #aac0a9); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #B5C0A9?: #B5C0A9 is a light, grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Meadow Morn. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B5C0A9?: The RGB value is 181, 192, 169: 181 red, 192 green and 169 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B5C0A9?: The complementary color is #B4A9C0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B5C0A9?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 and white text 1.9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.