What color is #879D91?

#879D91 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #879D91?

The RGB value is 135, 157, 145: 135 red, 157 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #879D91?

The complementary color is #9D8793, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #879D91?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.26:1 and white text 2.89:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#879D91 color

#879D91 rgb(135, 157, 145)

Shades of gray

The hex color #879D91 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 61.6% green and 56.9% blue (135, 157, 145).

Its hue angle is 147°, with 10% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 1.5 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.26:1).

#879D91 color codes

HEX	`#879D91`
RGB	`rgb(135, 157, 145)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 61.6%, 56.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(147, 10%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(147, 14%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(14%, 0%, 8%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.77, -10.19, 3.68)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.77, 10.83, 160.16)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.158, 31.309, 31.395)`
Decimal	`8887697`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #879D91, 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 #879D91	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.26:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.89:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#879D91 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.89:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.26:1	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 #879D91 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #879d91; }
.text { color: #879d91; }
.border { border: 2px solid #879d91; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 157 145 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #879d91, #879d9c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #879D91?: #879D91 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #879D91?: The RGB value is 135, 157, 145: 135 red, 157 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #879D91?: The complementary color is #9D8793, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #879D91?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.26:1 and white text 2.89:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.