What color is #82A382?

#82A382 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mistletoe. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82A382?

The RGB value is 130, 163, 130: 130 red, 163 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82A382?

The complementary color is #A382A3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82A382?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.51:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82A382 color

#82A382 rgb(130, 163, 130)

Shades of green

The hex color #82A382 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 63.9% green and 51% blue (130, 163, 130).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 15% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Mistletoe (#8AA282), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.51:1).

#82A382 color codes

HEX	`#82A382`
RGB	`rgb(130, 163, 130)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 63.9%, 51%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 15%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 20%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(20%, 0%, 20%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.8, -18, 13.48)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.8, 22.49, 143.17)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.331, 32.551, 26.01)`
Decimal	`8561538`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82A382, 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 #82A382	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.51:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82A382 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.8:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.51:1	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 #82A382 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82a382; }
.text { color: #82a382; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a382; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 163 130 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82a382, #82a393); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #82A382?: #82A382 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mistletoe. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82A382?: The RGB value is 130, 163, 130: 130 red, 163 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82A382?: The complementary color is #A382A3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82A382?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.51:1 and white text 2.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.