What color is #879A82?

#879A82 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 #879A82?

The RGB value is 135, 154, 130: 135 red, 154 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #879A82?

The complementary color is #95829A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #879A82?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 and white text 3.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#879A82 color

#879A82 rgb(135, 154, 130)

Shades of green

The hex color #879A82 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 60.4% green and 51% blue (135, 154, 130).

Its hue angle is 107°, with 11% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 40% black.

The closest named color is Basswood Green (#839E83), a difference of 2.7 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.97:1).

#879A82 color codes

HEX	`#879A82`
RGB	`rgb(135, 154, 130)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 60.4%, 51%)`
HSL	`hsl(107, 11%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(107, 16%, 60%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(12%, 0%, 16%, 40%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.54, -11.45, 10.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.54, 15.44, 137.84)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.576, 29.873, 25.533)`
Decimal	`8886914`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #879A82, 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 #879A82	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.97:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#879A82 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.01:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.97:1	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 #879A82 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #879a82; }
.text { color: #879a82; }
.border { border: 2px solid #879a82; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 154 130 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #879a82, #829a89); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #879A82?: #879A82 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 #879A82?: The RGB value is 135, 154, 130: 135 red, 154 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #879A82?: The complementary color is #95829A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #879A82?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 and white text 3.01:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.