What color is #82B399?

#82B399 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Beau Monde. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82B399?

The RGB value is 130, 179, 153: 130 red, 179 green and 153 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82B399?

The complementary color is #B3829C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82B399?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.86:1 and white text 2.37:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82B399 color

#82B399 rgb(130, 179, 153)

Shades of green

The hex color #82B399 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 70.2% green and 60% blue (130, 179, 153).

Its hue angle is 148°, with 24% saturation and 61% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 30% black.

The closest named color is Beau Monde (#7DB39E), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.86:1).

#82B399 color codes

HEX	`#82B399`
RGB	`rgb(130, 179, 153)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 70.2%, 60%)`
HSL	`hsl(148, 24%, 61%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(148, 27%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(27%, 0%, 15%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(68.96, -21.75, 8.08)`
CIE LCH	`lch(68.96, 23.2, 159.61)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(31.074, 39.285, 36.076)`
Decimal	`8565657`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82B399, 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 #82B399	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.86:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.37:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82B399 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.37:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.86:1	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 #82B399 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82b399; }
.text { color: #82b399; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82b399; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 179 153 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82b399, #82b3b1); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #82B399?: #82B399 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Beau Monde. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82B399?: The RGB value is 130, 179, 153: 130 red, 179 green and 153 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82B399?: The complementary color is #B3829C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82B399?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.86:1 and white text 2.37:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.