What color is #82A296?

#82A296 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82A296?

The RGB value is 130, 162, 150: 130 red, 162 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82A296?

The complementary color is #A2828E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82A296?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.56:1 and white text 2.78:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82A296 color

#82A296 rgb(130, 162, 150)

Shades of green

The hex color #82A296 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 63.5% green and 58.8% blue (130, 162, 150).

Its hue angle is 158°, with 15% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Japanese Bonsai (#829F96), a difference of 1.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.56:1).

#82A296 color codes

HEX	`#82A296`
RGB	`rgb(130, 162, 150)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 63.5%, 58.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(158, 15%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(158, 20%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(20%, 0%, 7%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.99, -13.56, 2.6)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.99, 13.81, 169.16)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.63, 32.788, 33.721)`
Decimal	`8561302`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82A296, 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 #82A296	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.56:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.78:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82A296 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.78:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.56:1	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 #82A296 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82a296; }
.text { color: #82a296; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a296; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 162 150 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82a296, #829ea2); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #82A296?: #82A296 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82A296?: The RGB value is 130, 162, 150: 130 red, 162 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82A296?: The complementary color is #A2828E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82A296?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.56:1 and white text 2.78:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.