What color is #82A68C?

#82A68C is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82A68C?

The RGB value is 130, 166, 140: 130 red, 166 green and 140 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82A68C?

The complementary color is #A6829C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82A68C?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.78:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82A68C color

#82A68C rgb(130, 166, 140)

Shades of green

The hex color #82A68C is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 65.1% green and 54.9% blue (130, 166, 140).

Its hue angle is 137°, with 17% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is OMGreen (#8CA891), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.78:1).

#82A68C color codes

HEX	`#82A68C`
RGB	`rgb(130, 166, 140)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 65.1%, 54.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(137, 17%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(137, 22%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(22%, 0%, 16%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.89, -17.67, 9.47)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.89, 20.05, 151.81)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.574, 33.911, 29.898)`
Decimal	`8562316`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82A68C, 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 #82A68C	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.78:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82A68C as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.78:1	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 #82A68C looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82a68c; }
.text { color: #82a68c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a68c; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 166 140 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82a68c, #82a69e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #82A68C?: #82A68C is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82A68C?: The RGB value is 130, 166, 140: 130 red, 166 green and 140 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82A68C?: The complementary color is #A6829C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82A68C?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.78:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.