What color is #849B89?

#849B89 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #849B89?

The RGB value is 132, 155, 137: 132 red, 155 green and 137 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #849B89?

The complementary color is #9B8496, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #849B89?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.03:1 and white text 2.99:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#849B89 color

#849B89 rgb(132, 155, 137)

Shades of green

The hex color #849B89 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.8% red, 60.8% green and 53.7% blue (132, 155, 137).

Its hue angle is 133°, with 10% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 39% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 1.3 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.03:1).

#849B89 color codes

HEX	`#849B89`
RGB	`rgb(132, 155, 137)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.8%, 60.8%, 53.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(133, 10%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(133, 15%, 61%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(15%, 0%, 12%, 39%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.79, -11.75, 6.74)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.79, 13.55, 150.15)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.751, 30.154, 28.126)`
Decimal	`8690569`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #849B89, 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 #849B89	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.03:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.99:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#849B89 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.99:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.03:1	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 #849B89 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #849b89; }
.text { color: #849b89; }
.border { border: 2px solid #849b89; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(132 155 137 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #849b89, #849b94); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #849B89?: #849B89 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #849B89?: The RGB value is 132, 155, 137: 132 red, 155 green and 137 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #849B89?: The complementary color is #9B8496, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #849B89?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.03:1 and white text 2.99:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.