What color is #85998E?

#85998E is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #85998E?

The RGB value is 133, 153, 142: 133 red, 153 green and 142 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #85998E?

The complementary color is #998590, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #85998E?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.94:1 and white text 3.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#85998E color

#85998E rgb(133, 153, 142)

Shades of gray

The hex color #85998E is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.2% red, 60% green and 55.7% blue (133, 153, 142).

Its hue angle is 147°, with 9% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 40% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.94:1).

#85998E color codes

HEX	`#85998E`
RGB	`rgb(133, 153, 142)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.2%, 60%, 55.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(147, 9%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(147, 13%, 60%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(13%, 0%, 7%, 40%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.41, -9.33, 3.39)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.41, 9.93, 160.01)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.945, 29.722, 29.956)`
Decimal	`8755598`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #85998E, 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 #85998E	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.94:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#85998E as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.94:1	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 #85998E looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #85998e; }
.text { color: #85998e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85998e; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(133 153 142 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #85998e, #859998); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #85998E?: #85998E is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #85998E?: The RGB value is 133, 153, 142: 133 red, 153 green and 142 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #85998E?: The complementary color is #998590, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #85998E?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.94:1 and white text 3.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.