What color is #80A39F?

#80A39F is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #80A39F?

The RGB value is 128, 163, 159: 128 red, 163 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #80A39F?

The complementary color is #A38084, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #80A39F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 and white text 2.74:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#80A39F color

#80A39F rgb(128, 163, 159)

Shades of gray

The hex color #80A39F is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 50.2% red, 63.9% green and 62.4% blue (128, 163, 159).

Its hue angle is 173°, with 16% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Japanese Bonsai (#829F96), a difference of 2.8 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.66:1).

#80A39F color codes

HEX	`#80A39F`
RGB	`rgb(128, 163, 159)`
RGB percent	`rgb(50.2%, 63.9%, 62.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(173, 16%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(173, 21%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 0%, 2%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.39, -12.81, -1.87)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.39, 12.95, 188.31)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.255, 33.286, 37.73)`
Decimal	`8430495`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #80A39F, 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 #80A39F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.66:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.74:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#80A39F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.74:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.66:1	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 #80A39F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #80a39f; }
.text { color: #80a39f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #80a39f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(128 163 159 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #80a39f, #8096a3); }

Background

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Questions

What color is #80A39F?: #80A39F is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #80A39F?: The RGB value is 128, 163, 159: 128 red, 163 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #80A39F?: The complementary color is #A38084, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #80A39F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 and white text 2.74:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.