What color is #879A86?

#879A86 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 #879A86?

The RGB value is 135, 154, 134: 135 red, 154 green and 134 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #879A86?

The complementary color is #99869A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #879A86?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7:1 and white text 3:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#879A86 color

#879A86 rgb(135, 154, 134)

Shades of green

The hex color #879A86 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 60.4% green and 52.5% blue (135, 154, 134).

Its hue angle is 117°, with 9% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 40% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 2.6 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7:1).

#879A86 color codes

HEX	`#879A86`
RGB	`rgb(135, 154, 134)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 60.4%, 52.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(117, 9%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(117, 13%, 60%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(12%, 0%, 13%, 40%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(61.64, -10.71, 8.25)`
CIE LCH	`lch(61.64, 13.52, 142.38)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.849, 29.983, 26.975)`
Decimal	`8886918`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #879A86, 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 #879A86	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#879A86 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	7:1	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 #879A86 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #879a86; }
.text { color: #879a86; }
.border { border: 2px solid #879a86; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 154 134 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #879a86, #869a8f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #879A86?: #879A86 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 #879A86?: The RGB value is 135, 154, 134: 135 red, 154 green and 134 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #879A86?: The complementary color is #99869A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #879A86?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7:1 and white text 3:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.