What color is #5A8757?

#5A8757 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Kale. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #5A8757?

The RGB value is 90, 135, 87: 90 red, 135 green and 87 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #5A8757?

The complementary color is #845787, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5A8757?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 and white text 4.17:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#5A8757 color

#5A8757 rgb(90, 135, 87)

Shades of green

The hex color #5A8757 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 35.3% red, 52.9% green and 34.1% blue (90, 135, 87).

Its hue angle is 116°, with 22% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Kale (#648251), a difference of 3.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.04:1).

#5A8757 color codes

HEX	`#5A8757`
RGB	`rgb(90, 135, 87)`
RGB percent	`rgb(35.3%, 52.9%, 34.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(116, 22%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(116, 36%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(33%, 0%, 36%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.05, -25.54, 21.06)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.05, 33.1, 140.49)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(14.6, 20.189, 12.143)`
Decimal	`5932887`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #5A8757, 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 #5A8757	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.04:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.17:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5A8757 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.17:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.04:1	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 #5A8757 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5a8757; }
.text { color: #5a8757; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a8757; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(90 135 87 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5a8757, #57876c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Fern Green.

Questions

What color is #5A8757?: #5A8757 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Kale. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #5A8757?: The RGB value is 90, 135, 87: 90 red, 135 green and 87 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #5A8757?: The complementary color is #845787, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5A8757?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 and white text 4.17:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.