What color is #82B5A7?

#82B5A7 is a desaturated spring green, closest to the named color Mintnight. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82B5A7?

The RGB value is 130, 181, 167: 130 red, 181 green and 167 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82B5A7?

The complementary color is #B58290, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82B5A7?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.12:1 and white text 2.3:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82B5A7 color

#82B5A7 rgb(130, 181, 167)

Shades of green

The hex color #82B5A7 is a desaturated spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 71% green and 65.5% blue (130, 181, 167).

Its hue angle is 164°, with 26% saturation and 61% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Mintnight (#7CBBAE), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.12:1).

#82B5A7 color codes

HEX	`#82B5A7`
RGB	`rgb(130, 181, 167)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 71%, 65.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(164, 26%, 61%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(164, 28%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(28%, 0%, 8%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.88, -19.82, 1.72)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.88, 19.89, 175.03)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.703, 40.582, 42.662)`
Decimal	`8566183`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82B5A7, 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 #82B5A7	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.12:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.3:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#82B5A7 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.3:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.12:1	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 #82B5A7 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82b5a7; }
.text { color: #82b5a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82b5a7; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 181 167 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82b5a7, #82aab5); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #82B5A7?: #82B5A7 is a desaturated spring green, closest to the named color Mintnight. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82B5A7?: The RGB value is 130, 181, 167: 130 red, 181 green and 167 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82B5A7?: The complementary color is #B58290, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82B5A7?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.12:1 and white text 2.3:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.