What color is #82A595?

#82A595 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82A595?

The RGB value is 130, 165, 149: 130 red, 165 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82A595?

The complementary color is #A58292, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82A595?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.77:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82A595 color

#82A595 rgb(130, 165, 149)

Shades of green

The hex color #82A595 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 64.7% green and 58.4% blue (130, 165, 149).

Its hue angle is 153°, with 16% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 2.6 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.77:1).

#82A595 color codes

HEX	`#82A595`
RGB	`rgb(130, 165, 149)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 64.7%, 58.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(153, 16%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(153, 21%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 0%, 10%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.82, -15.35, 4.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.82, 15.96, 164.13)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.084, 33.825, 33.477)`
Decimal	`8562069`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82A595, 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 #82A595	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.77:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82A595 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.77:1	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 #82A595 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82a595; }
.text { color: #82a595; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a595; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 165 149 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82a595, #82a4a5); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #82A595?: #82A595 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82A595?: The RGB value is 130, 165, 149: 130 red, 165 green and 149 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82A595?: The complementary color is #A58292, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82A595?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.77:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.