What color is #82978B?

#82978B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82978B?

The RGB value is 130, 151, 139: 130 red, 151 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82978B?

The complementary color is #97828E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82978B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.75:1 and white text 3.11:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82978B color

#82978B rgb(130, 151, 139)

Shades of gray

The hex color #82978B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 59.2% green and 54.5% blue (130, 151, 139).

Its hue angle is 146°, with 9% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 41% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.75:1).

#82978B color codes

HEX	`#82978B`
RGB	`rgb(130, 151, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 59.2%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(146, 9%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(146, 14%, 59%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(14%, 0%, 8%, 41%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(60.55, -9.91, 3.82)`
CIE LCH	`lch(60.55, 10.62, 158.91)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(24.932, 28.743, 28.655)`
Decimal	`8558475`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82978B, 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 #82978B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.75:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.11:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#82978B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.11:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.75:1	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 #82978B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82978b; }
.text { color: #82978b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82978b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 151 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82978b, #829795); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #82978B?: #82978B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82978B?: The RGB value is 130, 151, 139: 130 red, 151 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82978B?: The complementary color is #97828E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82978B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.75:1 and white text 3.11:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.