What color is #80A079?

#80A079 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #80A079?

The RGB value is 128, 160, 121: 128 red, 160 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #80A079?

The complementary color is #9979A0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #80A079?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 and white text 2.91:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#80A079 color

#80A079 rgb(128, 160, 121)

Shades of green

The hex color #80A079 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 50.2% red, 62.7% green and 47.5% blue (128, 160, 121).

Its hue angle is 109°, with 17% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Money (#7B9A6D), a difference of 2.7 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.22:1).

#80A079 color codes

HEX	`#80A079`
RGB	`rgb(128, 160, 121)`
RGB percent	`rgb(50.2%, 62.7%, 47.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(109, 17%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(109, 24%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(20%, 0%, 24%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.6, -18.77, 16.79)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.6, 25.18, 138.18)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(24.923, 31.111, 22.777)`
Decimal	`8429689`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #80A079, 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 #80A079	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.22:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.91:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#80A079 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.91:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.22:1	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 #80A079 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #80a079; }
.text { color: #80a079; }
.border { border: 2px solid #80a079; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(128 160 121 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #80a079, #79a086); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #80A079?: #80A079 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Money. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #80A079?: The RGB value is 128, 160, 121: 128 red, 160 green and 121 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #80A079?: The complementary color is #9979A0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #80A079?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 and white text 2.91:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.