What color is #85968A?

#85968A is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #85968A?

The RGB value is 133, 150, 138: 133 red, 150 green and 138 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #85968A?

The complementary color is #968591, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #85968A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.73:1 and white text 3.12:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#85968A color

#85968A rgb(133, 150, 138)

Shades of gray

The hex color #85968A is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.2% red, 58.8% green and 54.1% blue (133, 150, 138).

Its hue angle is 138°, with 7% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 41% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.73:1).

#85968A color codes

HEX	`#85968A`
RGB	`rgb(133, 150, 138)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.2%, 58.8%, 54.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(138, 7%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(138, 11%, 59%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 0%, 8%, 41%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(60.46, -8.49, 4.28)`
CIE LCH	`lch(60.46, 9.51, 153.27)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.166, 28.634, 28.241)`
Decimal	`8754826`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #85968A, 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 #85968A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.73:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.12:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#85968A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.12:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.73:1	Pass	Fail	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 #85968A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #85968a; }
.text { color: #85968a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85968a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(133 150 138 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #85968a, #859692); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #85968A?: #85968A is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #85968A?: The RGB value is 133, 150, 138: 133 red, 150 green and 138 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #85968A?: The complementary color is #968591, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #85968A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.73:1 and white text 3.12:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.