What color is #82A7B0?

#82A7B0 is a grayish cyan, closest to the named color Equanimity. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82A7B0?

The RGB value is 130, 167, 176: 130 red, 167 green and 176 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82A7B0?

The complementary color is #B08B82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82A7B0?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.1:1 and white text 2.59:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82A7B0 color

#82A7B0 rgb(130, 167, 176)

Shades of teal

The hex color #82A7B0 is a grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 65.5% green and 69% blue (130, 167, 176).

Its hue angle is 192°, with 23% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 26% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 31% black.

The closest named color is Equanimity (#83A9B3), a difference of 0.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.1:1).

#82A7B0 color codes

HEX	`#82A7B0`
RGB	`rgb(130, 167, 176)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 65.5%, 69%)`
HSL	`hsl(192, 23%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(192, 26%, 69%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(26%, 5%, 0%, 31%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.15, -10.44, -8.76)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.15, 13.63, 219.98)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(30.859, 35.517, 46.295)`
Decimal	`8562608`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82A7B0, 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 #82A7B0	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.1:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.59:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82A7B0 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.59:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.1:1	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 #82A7B0 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82a7b0; }
.text { color: #82a7b0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a7b0; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 167 176 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82a7b0, #8290b0); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #82A7B0?: #82A7B0 is a grayish cyan, closest to the named color Equanimity. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82A7B0?: The RGB value is 130, 167, 176: 130 red, 167 green and 176 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82A7B0?: The complementary color is #B08B82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82A7B0?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.1:1 and white text 2.59:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.