What color is #87978B?

#87978B is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87978B?

The RGB value is 135, 151, 139: 135 red, 151 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87978B?

The complementary color is #978793, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87978B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.83:1 and white text 3.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87978B color

#87978B rgb(135, 151, 139)

Shades of gray

The hex color #87978B is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 59.2% green and 54.5% blue (135, 151, 139).

Its hue angle is 135°, with 7% saturation and 56% 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 3.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.83:1).

#87978B color codes

HEX	`#87978B`
RGB	`rgb(135, 151, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 59.2%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(135, 7%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(135, 11%, 59%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 0%, 8%, 41%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(60.91, -8.12, 4.38)`
CIE LCH	`lch(60.91, 9.23, 151.64)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.717, 29.148, 28.692)`
Decimal	`8886155`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87978B, 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 #87978B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.83:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#87978B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.83:1	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 #87978B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87978b; }
.text { color: #87978b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87978b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 151 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87978b, #879793); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #87978B?: #87978B is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87978B?: The RGB value is 135, 151, 139: 135 red, 151 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87978B?: The complementary color is #978793, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87978B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.83:1 and white text 3.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.