What color is #859F84?

#859F84 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Basswood Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #859F84?

The RGB value is 133, 159, 132: 133 red, 159 green and 132 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #859F84?

The complementary color is #9E849F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #859F84?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.29:1 and white text 2.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#859F84 color

#859F84 rgb(133, 159, 132)

Shades of green

The hex color #859F84 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.2% red, 62.4% green and 51.8% blue (133, 159, 132).

Its hue angle is 118°, with 12% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Basswood Green (#839E83), a difference of 0.5 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.29:1).

#859F84 color codes

HEX	`#859F84`
RGB	`rgb(133, 159, 132)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.2%, 62.4%, 51.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(118, 12%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(118, 17%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(16%, 0%, 17%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.88, -14.47, 11.12)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.88, 18.25, 142.46)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.235, 31.448, 26.513)`
Decimal	`8757124`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #859F84, 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 #859F84	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#859F84 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.29:1	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 #859F84 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #859f84; }
.text { color: #859f84; }
.border { border: 2px solid #859f84; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(133 159 132 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #859f84, #849f90); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #859F84?: #859F84 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Basswood Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #859F84?: The RGB value is 133, 159, 132: 133 red, 159 green and 132 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #859F84?: The complementary color is #9E849F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #859F84?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.29:1 and white text 2.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.