What color is #829E91?

#829E91 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #829E91?

The RGB value is 130, 158, 145: 130 red, 158 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #829E91?

The complementary color is #9E828F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #829E91?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.25:1 and white text 2.9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#829E91 color

#829E91 rgb(130, 158, 145)

Shades of gray

The hex color #829E91 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 62% green and 56.9% blue (130, 158, 145).

Its hue angle is 152°, with 13% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 1.5 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.25:1).

#829E91 color codes

HEX	`#829E91`
RGB	`rgb(130, 158, 145)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 62%, 56.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(152, 13%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(152, 18%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(18%, 0%, 8%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.71, -12.46, 3.55)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.71, 12.96, 164.08)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.542, 31.243, 31.415)`
Decimal	`8560273`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #829E91, 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 #829E91	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.25:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.9:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#829E91 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.9:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.25:1	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 #829E91 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #829e91; }
.text { color: #829e91; }
.border { border: 2px solid #829e91; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 158 145 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #829e91, #829d9e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #829E91?: #829E91 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #829E91?: The RGB value is 130, 158, 145: 130 red, 158 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #829E91?: The complementary color is #9E828F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #829E91?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.25:1 and white text 2.9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.