What color is #5A8B63?

#5A8B63 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Medusa. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #5A8B63?

The RGB value is 90, 139, 99: 90 red, 139 green and 99 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #5A8B63?

The complementary color is #8B5A82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5A8B63?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.31:1 and white text 3.96:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#5A8B63 color

#5A8B63 rgb(90, 139, 99)

Shades of green

The hex color #5A8B63 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 35.3% red, 54.5% green and 38.8% blue (90, 139, 99).

Its hue angle is 131°, with 21% saturation and 45% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Medusa (#559260), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.31:1).

#5A8B63 color codes

HEX	`#5A8B63`
RGB	`rgb(90, 139, 99)`
RGB percent	`rgb(35.3%, 54.5%, 38.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(131, 21%, 45%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(131, 35%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(35%, 0%, 29%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.53, -25.37, 16.29)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.53, 30.15, 147.3)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.7, 21.539, 15.132)`
Decimal	`5933923`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #5A8B63, 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 #5A8B63	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.31:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.96:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5A8B63 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.96:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.31:1	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 #5A8B63 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5a8b63; }
.text { color: #5a8b63; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a8b63; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(90 139 99 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5a8b63, #5a8b7b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #5A8B63?: #5A8B63 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Medusa. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #5A8B63?: The RGB value is 90, 139, 99: 90 red, 139 green and 99 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #5A8B63?: The complementary color is #8B5A82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5A8B63?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.31:1 and white text 3.96:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.