What color is #5A8F60?

#5A8F60 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Medusa. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #5A8F60?

The RGB value is 90, 143, 96: 90 red, 143 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #5A8F60?

The complementary color is #8F5A89, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #5A8F60?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.53:1 and white text 3.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#5A8F60 color

#5A8F60 rgb(90, 143, 96)

Shades of green

The hex color #5A8F60 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 35.3% red, 56.1% green and 37.6% blue (90, 143, 96).

Its hue angle is 127°, with 23% saturation and 46% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 37% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 44% black.

The closest named color is Medusa (#559260), a difference of 1.5 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.53:1).

#5A8F60 color codes

HEX	`#5A8F60`
RGB	`rgb(90, 143, 96)`
RGB percent	`rgb(35.3%, 56.1%, 37.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(127, 23%, 46%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(127, 37%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(37%, 0%, 33%, 44%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(54.72, -27.91, 19.6)`
CIE LCH	`lch(54.72, 34.1, 144.92)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.149, 22.662, 14.587)`
Decimal	`5934944`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #5A8F60, 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 #5A8F60	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.53:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.8:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#5A8F60 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.8:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.53:1	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 #5A8F60 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #5a8f60; }
.text { color: #5a8f60; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a8f60; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(90 143 96 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #5a8f60, #5a8f7b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #5A8F60?: #5A8F60 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Medusa. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #5A8F60?: The RGB value is 90, 143, 96: 90 red, 143 green and 96 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #5A8F60?: The complementary color is #8F5A89, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #5A8F60?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.53:1 and white text 3.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.