What color is #82A799?

#82A799 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 #82A799?

The RGB value is 130, 167, 153: 130 red, 167 green and 153 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82A799?

The complementary color is #A78290, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82A799?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.94:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82A799 color

#82A799 rgb(130, 167, 153)

Shades of green

The hex color #82A799 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 65.5% green and 60% blue (130, 167, 153).

Its hue angle is 157°, with 17% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 2.8 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.94:1).

#82A799 color codes

HEX	`#82A799`
RGB	`rgb(130, 167, 153)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 65.5%, 60%)`
HSL	`hsl(157, 17%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(157, 22%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(22%, 0%, 8%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.5, -15.57, 3.11)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.5, 15.88, 168.7)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.773, 34.682, 35.309)`
Decimal	`8562585`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82A799, 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 #82A799	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.94:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82A799 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.94:1	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 #82A799 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82a799; }
.text { color: #82a799; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a799; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 167 153 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82a799, #82a3a7); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #82A799?: #82A799 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 #82A799?: The RGB value is 130, 167, 153: 130 red, 167 green and 153 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82A799?: The complementary color is #A78290, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82A799?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.94:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.