What color is #80A290?

#80A290 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Parisian Patina. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #80A290?

The RGB value is 128, 162, 144: 128 red, 162 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #80A290?

The complementary color is #A28092, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #80A290?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.49:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#80A290 color

#80A290 rgb(128, 162, 144)

Shades of green

The hex color #80A290 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 50.2% red, 63.5% green and 56.5% blue (128, 162, 144).

Its hue angle is 148°, with 15% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Parisian Patina (#7D9B89), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.49:1).

#80A290 color codes

HEX	`#80A290`
RGB	`rgb(128, 162, 144)`
RGB percent	`rgb(50.2%, 63.5%, 56.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(148, 15%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(148, 21%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 0%, 11%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.71, -15.47, 5.53)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.71, 16.43, 160.32)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.855, 32.443, 31.227)`
Decimal	`8430224`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #80A290, 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 #80A290	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.49:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#80A290 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.49:1	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 #80A290 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #80a290; }
.text { color: #80a290; }
.border { border: 2px solid #80a290; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(128 162 144 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #80a290, #80a2a1); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #80A290?: #80A290 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Parisian Patina. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #80A290?: The RGB value is 128, 162, 144: 128 red, 162 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #80A290?: The complementary color is #A28092, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #80A290?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.49:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.