What color is #85A291?

#85A291 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 #85A291?

The RGB value is 133, 162, 145: 133 red, 162 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #85A291?

The complementary color is #A28596, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #85A291?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.57:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#85A291 color

#85A291 rgb(133, 162, 145)

Shades of green

The hex color #85A291 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.2% red, 63.5% green and 56.9% blue (133, 162, 145).

Its hue angle is 145°, with 13% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.57:1).

#85A291 color codes

HEX	`#85A291`
RGB	`rgb(133, 162, 145)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.2%, 63.5%, 56.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(145, 13%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(145, 18%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(18%, 0%, 10%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.06, -13.56, 5.52)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.06, 14.64, 157.86)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.703, 32.871, 31.668)`
Decimal	`8757905`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #85A291, 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 #85A291	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.57:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#85A291 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.77:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.57:1	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 #85A291 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #85a291; }
.text { color: #85a291; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85a291; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(133 162 145 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #85a291, #85a29f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #85A291?: #85A291 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 #85A291?: The RGB value is 133, 162, 145: 133 red, 162 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #85A291?: The complementary color is #A28596, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #85A291?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.57:1 and white text 2.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.