What color is #80A98B?

#80A98B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #80A98B?

The RGB value is 128, 169, 139: 128 red, 169 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #80A98B?

The complementary color is #A9809E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #80A98B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.97:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#80A98B color

#80A98B rgb(128, 169, 139)

Shades of green

The hex color #80A98B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 50.2% red, 66.3% green and 54.5% blue (128, 169, 139).

Its hue angle is 136°, with 19% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 34% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.97:1).

#80A98B color codes

HEX	`#80A98B`
RGB	`rgb(128, 169, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(50.2%, 66.3%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(136, 19%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(136, 24%, 66%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(24%, 0%, 18%, 34%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.61, -20.09, 11.04)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.61, 22.92, 151.22)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.749, 34.828, 29.682)`
Decimal	`8432011`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #80A98B, 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 #80A98B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.97:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#80A98B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.97:1	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 #80A98B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #80a98b; }
.text { color: #80a98b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #80a98b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(128 169 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #80a98b, #80a99f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #80A98B?: #80A98B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #80A98B?: The RGB value is 128, 169, 139: 128 red, 169 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #80A98B?: The complementary color is #A9809E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #80A98B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.97:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.