What color is #879B92?

#879B92 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #879B92?

The RGB value is 135, 155, 146: 135 red, 155 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #879B92?

The complementary color is #9B8790, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #879B92?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.13:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#879B92 color

#879B92 rgb(135, 155, 146)

Shades of gray

The hex color #879B92 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 60.8% green and 57.3% blue (135, 155, 146).

Its hue angle is 153°, with 9% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 39% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.13:1).

#879B92 color codes

HEX	`#879B92`
RGB	`rgb(135, 155, 146)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 60.8%, 57.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(153, 9%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(153, 13%, 61%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(13%, 0%, 6%, 39%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.23, -8.91, 2.33)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.23, 9.21, 165.33)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.9, 30.668, 31.691)`
Decimal	`8887186`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #879B92, 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 #879B92	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.13:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#879B92 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.13:1	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 #879B92 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #879b92; }
.text { color: #879b92; }
.border { border: 2px solid #879b92; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 155 146 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #879b92, #879a9b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #879B92?: #879B92 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #879B92?: The RGB value is 135, 155, 146: 135 red, 155 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #879B92?: The complementary color is #9B8790, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #879B92?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.13:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.