What color is #83A68B?

#83A68B is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #83A68B?

The RGB value is 131, 166, 139: 131 red, 166 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #83A68B?

The complementary color is #A6839E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #83A68B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.79:1 and white text 2.69:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#83A68B color

#83A68B rgb(131, 166, 139)

Shades of green

The hex color #83A68B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.4% red, 65.1% green and 54.5% blue (131, 166, 139).

Its hue angle is 134°, with 16% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is OMGreen (#8CA891), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.79:1).

#83A68B color codes

HEX	`#83A68B`
RGB	`rgb(131, 166, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.4%, 65.1%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(134, 16%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(134, 21%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 0%, 16%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.93, -17.52, 10.09)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.93, 20.22, 150.05)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.655, 33.961, 29.519)`
Decimal	`8627851`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #83A68B, 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 #83A68B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.79:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#83A68B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.79:1	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 #83A68B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #83a68b; }
.text { color: #83a68b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #83a68b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(131 166 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #83a68b, #83a69d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #83A68B?: #83A68B is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #83A68B?: The RGB value is 131, 166, 139: 131 red, 166 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #83A68B?: The complementary color is #A6839E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #83A68B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.79:1 and white text 2.69:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.