What color is #82A87B?

#82A87B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Verdant Haven. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82A87B?

The RGB value is 130, 168, 123: 130 red, 168 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82A87B?

The complementary color is #A17BA8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82A87B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.84:1 and white text 2.68:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82A87B color

#82A87B rgb(130, 168, 123)

Shades of green

The hex color #82A87B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 65.9% green and 48.2% blue (130, 168, 123).

Its hue angle is 111°, with 21% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 34% black.

The closest named color is Verdant Haven (#84A97C), a difference of 0.4 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.84:1).

#82A87B color codes

HEX	`#82A87B`
RGB	`rgb(130, 168, 123)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 65.9%, 48.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(111, 21%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(111, 27%, 66%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(23%, 0%, 27%, 34%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.11, -21.79, 19.16)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.11, 29.02, 138.68)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.783, 34.18, 23.921)`
Decimal	`8562811`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82A87B, 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 #82A87B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.84:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.68:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82A87B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.68:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.84:1	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 #82A87B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82a87b; }
.text { color: #82a87b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a87b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 168 123 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82a87b, #7ba88b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #82A87B?: #82A87B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Verdant Haven. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82A87B?: The RGB value is 130, 168, 123: 130 red, 168 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82A87B?: The complementary color is #A17BA8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82A87B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.84:1 and white text 2.68:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.