What color is #87A18F?

#87A18F is a grayish green, closest to the named color Envy. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87A18F?

The RGB value is 135, 161, 143: 135 red, 161 green and 143 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87A18F?

The complementary color is #A18799, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87A18F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.52:1 and white text 2.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87A18F color

#87A18F rgb(135, 161, 143)

Shades of green

The hex color #87A18F is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 63.1% green and 56.1% blue (135, 161, 143).

Its hue angle is 138°, with 12% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 37% black.

The closest named color is Envy (#8BA58F), a difference of 1.8 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.52:1).

#87A18F color codes

HEX	`#87A18F`
RGB	`rgb(135, 161, 143)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 63.1%, 56.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(138, 12%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(138, 16%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(16%, 0%, 11%, 37%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.85, -12.73, 6.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.85, 14.23, 153.43)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.693, 32.623, 30.819)`
Decimal	`8888719`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87A18F, 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 #87A18F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.52:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87A18F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.52:1	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 #87A18F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87a18f; }
.text { color: #87a18f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87a18f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 161 143 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87a18f, #87a19c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #87A18F?: #87A18F is a grayish green, closest to the named color Envy. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87A18F?: The RGB value is 135, 161, 143: 135 red, 161 green and 143 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87A18F?: The complementary color is #A18799, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87A18F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.52:1 and white text 2.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.