What color is #5A8162?

#5A8162 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Clouded Pine. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #5A8162?

The RGB value is 90, 129, 98: 90 red, 129 green and 98 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #5A8162?

The complementary color is #815A79, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5A8162?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.75:1 and white text 4.42:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#5A8162 color

#5A8162 rgb(90, 129, 98)

Shades of green

The hex color #5A8162 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 35.3% red, 50.6% green and 38.4% blue (90, 129, 98).

Its hue angle is 132°, with 18% saturation and 43% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Clouded Pine (#628468), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.75:1).

#5A8162 color codes

HEX	`#5A8162`
RGB	`rgb(90, 129, 98)`
RGB percent	`rgb(35.3%, 50.6%, 38.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(132, 18%, 43%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(132, 30%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 0%, 24%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.4, -20.46, 12.53)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.4, 23.99, 148.5)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(14.271, 18.755, 14.421)`
Decimal	`5931362`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #5A8162, 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 #5A8162	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.75:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.42:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5A8162 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.42:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.75:1	Pass	Fail	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 #5A8162 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5a8162; }
.text { color: #5a8162; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a8162; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(90 129 98 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5a8162, #5a8176); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Fern Green.

Questions

What color is #5A8162?: #5A8162 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Clouded Pine. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #5A8162?: The RGB value is 90, 129, 98: 90 red, 129 green and 98 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #5A8162?: The complementary color is #815A79, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5A8162?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.75:1 and white text 4.42:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.