What color is #879E92?

#879E92 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 #879E92?

The RGB value is 135, 158, 146: 135 red, 158 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #879E92?

The complementary color is #9E8793, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #879E92?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 and white text 2.86:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#879E92 color

#879E92 rgb(135, 158, 146)

Shades of gray

The hex color #879E92 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 62% green and 57.3% blue (135, 158, 146).

Its hue angle is 149°, with 11% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 15% 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 7.34:1).

#879E92 color codes

HEX	`#879E92`
RGB	`rgb(135, 158, 146)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 62%, 57.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(149, 11%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(149, 15%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(15%, 0%, 8%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.08, -10.53, 3.56)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.08, 11.11, 161.3)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.406, 31.679, 31.859)`
Decimal	`8887954`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #879E92, 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 #879E92	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.34:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.86:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#879E92 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.86:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.34:1	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 #879E92 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #879e92; }
.text { color: #879e92; }
.border { border: 2px solid #879e92; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 158 146 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #879e92, #879e9d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #879E92?: #879E92 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 #879E92?: The RGB value is 135, 158, 146: 135 red, 158 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #879E92?: The complementary color is #9E8793, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #879E92?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 and white text 2.86:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.